Slow Loris

This is my paragraphs all about Slow Lorises. You will find all about how cool they are. I had a lot of fun writing this and looking for the pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Harriet Tubman

Have you ever heard of Harriet Tubman? Well, if you haven’t you are going to be learning a lot about her. Some things I will be talking about is how she made a difference and effected change, her struggles and how she overcame them and how I empathized with Harriet. You should learn a lot about her.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was an amazing person who helped make a HUGE difference in history. This paragraph will tell you about what she did and how she did it. Harriet Tubman was a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a trail that ran through the Choptank River, in Maryland, and ended in Pennsylvania. Along the way, there was homes of Quakers and Abolitionists. Quakers and Abolitionists did not believe in Slavery and wanted it to end. The first slaves that Harriet had helped had been her sister,Mary, and Mary’s family. That wasn’t the last time Harriet had been conductor on the Underground Railroad. She risked her life every time she helped someone on the Underground Railroad. Harriet even helped in the Civil War! She was also the first woman to lead a military expedition. She helped the Union Army because she wanted freedom for everyone. Harriet was a spy for the Union Army. Harriet helped Colonel James Montgomery plan a raid to free slaves from some plantations that were along the Combahee River in South Carolina. On June 1,1863, three gunboats set out to help free the slaves that were in the plantations along the Combahee River. Several hundred male soldiers and Harriet Tubman were on those three gunboats. Harriet knew where the Confederate Army soldiers were hiding along the shore and were they had placed torpedoes in the water. The Union Army set fire to buildings and destroyed bridges, so that the Confederate Army couldn’t use them. Harriet and the Union freed about 750 slaves and did not lose one soldier in the attack. When Harriet was in the Union Army she was also a nurse who helped save the soldiers lives. So now you know all about why Harriet Tubman was a great leader and an amazing person.

So, everyone has struggles and challenges that we have to come over. Harriet Tubman had some really hard challenges that she had to come over. One of those struggles was being a slave. She had to overcome this to become a great person in history. When she was a slave, she had to overcome some HUGE tragedies. Some of those tragedies were when she was sold away from her family and when both of her husbands died. (She was not a cheater, her first husband died and she remarried two years later.) For more than half of her life, Harriet was treated horribly. This really helped her get angry at the Confederate Army. Another challenge she faced was being a conductor in the Underground Railroad. It was very risky to be a conductor because she could get caught and she could be killed. It was very brave of her and she had a very big heart to take all of these people from slavery into freedom.  One of the last challenges we found she faced was being hunted down by the southerners. They wanted to catch her because she had a $40,000 bounty on her back and people really wanted that money. They also did not want Harriet to take their slaves and free them. She disguised herself when she went through towns and she also hid from the southerners. Harriet was a hero for slaves and for the Union but it was not easy to be a hero for all of these people. But, Harriet overcame these challenges and was a hero for all.              

I think by now you know all about Harriet Tubman’s amazingness. But, do you ever wonder what is would be like to be Harriet Tubman? Well, it would be very tough work when she was being forced to be a slave. I imagine that she didn’t enjoy being a slave and it got her very angry. It probably didn’t help that she was sold as a child to a man she had never seen before. When she was helping slaves, she was probably really nervous. I don’t think I could make a huge journey and free slaves at the same time. It was really dangerous stuff Harriet was getting into and Harriet preferred to help rather than free herself and leave the others in slavery. Now you know what I think it would be like to be Harriet Tubman.

You have now read my paragraph on Harriet Tubman. I know you have learned a lot and you should go tell your friends about this amazing person. You got to learn about how she made a difference and effected change, her struggles and how she overcame them and how I empathized with Harriet. Now, you know about Harriet Tubman and how great she was!