3/12/2009

Harriet Tubman


4th graders, this week was Harriet Tubman day. We spend a bit of time discussing her life, and how she lived. Describe what her childhood was like. Then what choice did she have to make when she was an adult. Tell me about everything that she accomplished!

Tell me why you admire Harriet Tubman.

What fruits of the SPirit did Harriet live according to?!


Be sure and write in complete sentences!

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hariot Tubman's life was miserable she got whipped if she did one thing wrong. Harriot had a lot of scars and was realy scared.

Harriot Tubmans choice was to go to a plantation were the most work is done or to run away and there will be people looking for her to kill her.

Hariot accomplished many things some of these things are she got into the free states and then went back and forth 19 times to save about 300 people from slavery! She also was a spy in the war and made secret atacks into other people territory and she was a docter in the war she healed many.

Haroit Tubman lived accoding to love, kindness, faithfulness, patience,and joy. Harroit Tubman is a master at discuise.

Anonymous said...

As her childhood she was a slave, and once she took a piece of suger and she ran away fo a couple days then came back because she had no food. When she was an adault she decided to run away and not come back, and also rescue other slaves.
Harreit did the fruits love,joy (in singing as a slave),faithfulness,paitence(when she was rescuing it took a long time),kindness, and goodness.I admire Harriet because it would be hard rescuing around 300 people!
A bunch of things Harriet did was when she was rescuing people if she got caught she would have been killed, and every time she did arescueing round she never left anyone behind.

Anonymous said...

In fourth grade we were studing Hariet Tubman she was doing alot of the fruit's of the spirit.Harriet was a slave in the south. Her life was very misrerable.So she wanted to go up North where there was no slavery.So 1 night she got out of her owners home and went to the under rail road or something like that.She was very very very brave.
Harriet Tumbman went through that with safe houses so they could hide in the day and travel at night.She got to the North and know then she wanted to go back to the South so she could bring other slaves to the North to,she rescued 300 people including her family.She showed love,kindness,and faithfulness.I admire Harriet Tubman because she wanted to save others not just her self.THE END chase

Anonymous said...

Harriet's life was tough because she and her family were slaves! When she was grown up she married a free man then her current owner sold her, so she decided to run away. It was very hard for her to escape for when she reached the forest all she had for a map was the Nothern Star. Harriet didn't just want to save herself. She went
back 19 times and rescued over 300
people. People in the South were angry at Harriet and anyone who found her would get $40,000.
Harriet showed great kindness and goodness. DID YOU KNOW? Did you know during the Civil War Harriet was a spy for the Union and did you know people called her Moses for how many people she saved.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman was a grat woman in the time of slavery. she was a slave herself and was split from her family. She was whipped if she made one little mistake in her chores. One day she was setting the table and saw some sugar on the table and she grabed some. Her owner saw her do thins and Harriet got so scared she ran and ran, but she soon came back. She was so courageous that she set out to the Mason-Dixon Line which is the line that seperated the Slave states and the non-slave states. there she was free, but she felt so lonly that she went back and got other people across the Mason-dixon Line. Then no slaves could be free anywhere so most slaves went to Canada, but whene the Civil War happened Harriet Tubman served as a nurse and spy for the Union.
I admire Harriet because she didn't just care about herself she cared about others getting free. She showed kindness by helping others across the Mason-Dixon Line even if it ment that she could be caught. She was amazing! I never thought that she was a spy for the Union!

Anonymous said...

She had a tirible childhood.She had to work when she was 6 years old.Can you inmagin the life she had.Then she decided,"I am going to go to Pennsolvana."And she did.
Her nick name was Moses because she saved about 300 poeple.Then she was a nurse and a spy in the Civil War.
I look up to her kindness.She save 300 poeple.The poeple she saved went to Canad were no slaver was a loud.She love to everyone and kindness.She is great.

Anonymous said...

This week we learned about Hariat Tubman and how she lived. Her childhood was horible when she was a kid she was a slave and when her owner felt like whiping her he would do it and he would probibly use his hard belt.She was also seperated from half of her family but she could at least sit down with her family and get the left over food that the owners have left for them to eat.Her whole life she could not talk to any one becouse the owners think they might be planing a plan to ecscape. When she grew up she tried to ecscape to freedom and she did it but every day she would have to hide so noone would find her she hid in the under ground railroad were people would let her hide during the day.Every night she would go back out and start her jurney to freedom. And one day she got there and she whent back to sace other slaves and even her 60 year old parents.She made 19 trips back to the South and she saved 300 slaves and brought them to FREEDOM.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman was a grat woman in the time of slavery. she was a slave herself and was split from her family. She was whipped if she made one little mistake in her chores. One day she was setting the table and saw some sugar on the table and she grabed some. Her owner saw her do thins and Harriet got so scared she ran and ran, but she soon came back. She was so courageous that she set out to the Mason-Dixon Line which is the line that seperated the Slave states and the non-slave states. there she was free, but she felt so lonly that she went back and got other people across the Mason-dixon Line. Then no slaves could be free anywhere so most slaves went to Canada, but whene the Civil War happened Harriet Tubman served as a nurse and spy for the Union.
I admire Harriet because she didn't just care about herself she cared about others getting free. She showed kindness by helping others across the Mason-Dixon Line even if it ment that she could be caught. She was amazing! I never thought that she was a spy for the Union!

Anonymous said...

I think her child hood was horible, painful, dreadful, and dangerous. She had a choice of keep being a slave and go to a different ouwner or she could run away and if cought possible killed.

When she had ran away when she was an adult she did make the journey but after a year with freedom she went back and help thousands of people get to freedom. A few years later she helped fight in the civil war. She was a spy for North Carolina.

I admire her because of all the things she had acoplish. I also admire her because what she did for the slaves. Harriet Tubman had love, joy, faithfulness, and goodness.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman was a slave. Her childhood was very hard on her. She had to start working when she was olny five years old. When she was an adult she had a choice. To stay and live a slave for the rest of her life or to run away to the Northern states. She chose to run away.
She made it to the northern states without getting caught. She said when she made it to the Fre states it felt like heaven. She helped many others to freedom including most of her family. She was a nurse in the civil war. She was also a spy in the Civil War for th confederit army. She was a spy because she knew how to get around unseen.
I admire Her because she led so many people out of slavery and she was so brave. I think Harriet Tubman lived with Joy, kindness, Faithfulness, goodness, and love. I don't really think she was gentle because she pointed a gun at anyone who wanted to go back to there masters and tell them about the underground railroad.

Anonymous said...

Her chilb hood was in slavery and she had to work for many hours and if they did not to there work they would be woupt by a wipe.

The choice she had to make was eathier stay in slavery or run away. The things she accomplished was that she found herself in the free lands and then she felt lonley and she went back to the slave state and freed mot of the slaves at night because in the daylight they could easley see them trying to escape so that is why she followed the underground railroad and went to those safe house where she could be hiden and safe during the day time. Then at night she traviled because nobody would see them.

Why I admire harriet Tubman is that she had the courege to free the slaves in her own danger not theres because they did not no where the were going.

The Fruits OF THE SPIRIT she used was LOVE because when she hit the safe land she tought about the others and how the where still sufering. She also was shoing KINDNESS because she was kind enofe to go back there and get the others.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman was a have good person, when she was three years old she had to do choise,and if she didn't do them good she when get hirt. And she they could not say stuff together, but they could olny sing to each other. She had to clean the house, do the clothing, and cook the food. the black poeplre where slaves,and poeple did not like themat all.
I think that she was brave to go back to help the black people.I think that she was kind,and love to go back,and save the balk people.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman's childhood was not very good, she was expected to work at the age of 5. I would not like to work at a young age. She was sepperated from her family during her childhood. Harriet Tubman didn't have a very good childhood.
The choice she had to make when she was an adalt was to run away to a non slave courntry. She knew she was risking her life.
Harriet Tubman accomplished many things heres one she made it all the way to Pennslevana. She also decided to go back and take her family and other slaves with her to a free country.
I edmire Harriet Tubman because she risked her life to take more slaves to a free country with out getting caught.
Harriet Tubman lived by kindness and goodness by taking slaves to a free country.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tumbman's childhood was a rough childhood because she started to be a slave at the age of 5! Once she was doing a chore in the dinning room and she saw sugar and she was so hungry so she tried to eat it but right before she was about to eat it her owner saw her and chased her away. She always believed thet someday she would be free and one day that did happen. When she was an adult the choice she had to make was run for it or continuing being a slave. The choice she made was to try to escape enen though she knew it was very dangerous and she knew the concicunses were high.

Harriet Tubman accomplished many things including free over 300 slaves in 19 trips to Maryland! Including freeing most of her family how about you would you do what Harriet Tubman did? Every time Harriet Tubman went back the stakes got higher and higher and higher. They even wanted $40,000 dollars for Harriet Tubman if someone caught her. But she did'nt do it all on her own if it wasn't for the under ground railroad she probally wouldn't even have escaped.

Then when the Civil War was going on Harriet Tubman served as a spy and once she even led troups into enemy territory WOW she was quite the woman. I admire Harriet Tubman because of her courage to free the slave enen though the concicuences were bad. The fruits of the spirit Harriet Tubman lived by were joy because she never lost hope and nver complained. Kindness Because she never tried to hurt anybody love because she alsways loved everyone. Gentleness because she was gentle with people and self-control because she never let her anger get the best of her.

Anonymous said...

Harriet's child life was horrible. Every time she messed up as a slave she would be wipped by her owner. She started working as a house keeper when she was little. One time, she was working by all the food. She saw suger. She had never tasted it before. So she took a cube, and right when she was about to eat it, her slave owner came in the room and saw her trying to sneek a piece. Harriet ran for all her life so she could get away, but they caught her.
When Harriet was an adult, she decided to make a run for it. So she wnt on the UNDER GROUND RAILROAD. The UNDER GROUND RAILROAD is in the woods where people try to escape. There are white people that take care of them during the day. When Harriet made it to the South it felt that she was in heaven but still alone. So she went back to danger to bring people to the South so she wouldn't be lonely. It was so dangerous to do this becaase the police would give anyone a reward if they captured her. The reward was $40,000. She would even descise herself to save the people. If anyone try going back, She would take out her gun and point it at them and say," Would you rather die as a slave or a free person?"
Harriet showed all most all of the fruits of the Spirit. She showed love by taking every one to freedom. She showed joy because she would not give up.
Isn't She just an amazing CHRISTAIN?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman's childhood was hard working and really horrible!I wouldn't want to have that kind of of childhood!She had to make a choice whether to go back and rescue other slaves.She did eventually go back and free some 300 people.It was amazing that she went back and did it!She used the uderground railroad to save people.As time passed Harriet's work got harder.There owners were getting mad and other millions of dollars to whoever caught Harriet Tubman.But Harriet contiued saving slaves.

Harriet Tubman accoplished freedom
for her and everyone that was a slave!I admire Harriet Tubman because she stould up and holded on to her dream.And she made it come true.Harriet Tubman showed all the fruits of the Spirit in many many ways that I could never type in a half hour.

In her life once she would free slaves she would bring them to Canada,because it was safer there.She was the captain of the undergroud railroad.And she never failed to lose a passenger or get killed!Harriet Tubman was a really good person!I hope Harriet Tubman is living a good life in Heaven!

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman's childhood was hard. She was expected to work at the age of five. But she had a dream of freedom. When she was an adult she had to make the choice of finding freedom and leaving her family or being a slave with her family. She chose to find freedom, she was very lonely.
She accomplished a lot in her life. She lead a lot of slaves out of slavery, and was a spy and a nurse in the civil war. I admire her because she had a dream and went for it. I also admire her because she cared for a lot of people as well as herself. Harriet showed the fruits of love, kindness, patience, and gentleness. Harriet Tubman was an amazing person.

Anonymous said...

When harriet Tubman was a child, she had a very tough life. She was a slave so she had to work on a plantation. One day she had to cleen the house, and she was tempted to eat a sugar cube and her owner tried to wip her. That was the first time she tried to run away.

As an adult she decided to run away from her plantation(which was very dangerous because if your owners find you they will wip you). When she made it to freedom, she was so happy. But she made a tough choice to rescue other slaves and bring them to freedom. Then there was a rule that the slave owners could go north and get thier slaves back in the whole United States! Then she would take her friends to Canada.

She still kept bringing slaves all the way to freedom. then they made a rule that if any one could catch Harriet, they would get $40,000.

But she dressed up in descises. Once she even dressed up like a man.

Harriet was using three fruits of the spirit. She was using GOODNESS, KINDNESS, and FAITHFULNESS.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubbman was a very great person you think she did nothing that good but when you lern about her its amazing what she has done.Her childhood was not like ours talking to each other going to friends house she lived her childhood as a slave, now that wouldnt be fun.The choice Harriet Tubman had to make as an adult was that she had to run away because she was treated so badly but she was saved by the Underground Railroad we're people helped her.The thing that really amazes me is that Harriet Tubman was free and then she went back to free some of the other slave now if you or me were free we wouldnt go back we would stay free and never go back but Harriet Tubman was a very good person because when she went the white people could catch her and she could probaly die.If one of the people with her and tried to go back she would point a gun at them because she was afraid that they could go backand tell the white people wher she is.Harriet Tubman soon joined the army to be a nurse and a spi she was a spi because back when she helped the slaves she was so sneaky that the government let her be a spi!I admire Harriet Tubman because of how brave she was to free other slaves even tho it was eleagle!!The fruit of the spirit she lived to was LOVE because she could of got killed by going back but she wanted to show love because she thought it wouldnt be fair if only she were free so she went back and freed a hole bunch of more slaves!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hariat Tubmam

Hariat Tubman lived a very diffacult life when she was five she was forced to work her parents and siblings got sold. When she worked in the house one day she saw shugar cubes on the table and she had never tasted any thing sweet so she tried one her owner turned around and saw he take one and she ran off but this wouln't be the only time she would run off but she soon returned. She always had hope that some day she would be free. One night when she was an adult she snuck off through the woods and when it was day time she would hide in safe houses that took in run away slaves she finnaly got across the mason dixon line that seperated the slave states from the free states but she felt lonly so she came back and saved lots of paople she came 19 times when some one threatened to go back she would point a pistol in their face. She thought of others not herself. I admir Harriat Tubman because she was selfless.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubmans childhood was so bad we can't even imagine how bad it was. Everyday she delt with whipping and hard work. One day while cleaning her owners house she saw some sugar cubes in a little bowl. She thought she could swipe one before her maste r would see her. That wasn't the case, her master saw her and chased her with a whip. Harriet ran as fast as her legs would carry her. She ran into the woods and stayed there for about 3 days before she came back. Her master must have been in a good mood because she didn't whip her.
When Harriet was an adult she was sick and tired of being pushed around so she ran away. She followed the North Star until she got to the first stop on the underground railroad. The women there gave her a map to the next stop. That happened on and on until finaly she reached free land. Harriet said it felt like being in Heaven when she was free, but she still had unfinished work to do. She still had family that were slaves. She went into the slave states over 12 times and saving over 300 slaves.
When the war between the North and the South started Harriet became a nurse and a spy for the Union army.
Harriet showed Love and Joy all the time through her struggles.

Anonymous said...

When Harriet Tubmen was a little girl, she was a slave.She was forced to clean houses and take care of her younger siblings.Sometimes she was forced to seperate from her family and would have to work with people she didn't even know.She probally made friends there, but it was a hard time for her.When harriet was an adult she had two choices to make:One, was to leave her family and head to Pennsylvania:Two was to stay back and bleed to death.But brave Harriet choose to go up south on a dangerous mition. when she got there she felt lonely.So she went back to save her
people.She was in great danger, for if there one sound she and others could be cought.I admire her because of her braveness and I want to do something just like her.

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman childhood was very very hard because she was a slave she had to work all the time. The choses she had to make ws to run away or be a slve allher life she chose to run away. I admire she was brav anuff to run away to be free. She showed love becouse she risced her life to save slaves

Anonymous said...

Harriet Tubman was a very brave woman that risked her life for others. When she was a little girl she was a slave and was very miserable. One time she saw a bowl of sugar and she never had anything before, so she took some and her owner saw her. She chased after her with a whip in her hand. Harriet was so scared she ran and ran and ran. She eventually came back because she didn't know where to go. The slaves were not allowed to talk to each other because their owners thought they would plan to escape, but one thing they could do was sing. That was how they talked to everybody.
When she was older she had to either be a slave for the rest of her life or be free. She used the Underground Railroad that went to the Mason-Dixon line. The Mason-Dixon line is the line that separates the free Northern states and the Southern states. She saved a lot of people with the Underground Railroad.
I think Harriet Tubman was a very brave woman and cared about other people. Harriet Tubman showed love, peace, kindness and faithfulness.