Harriet Tubman Podcast How many women from history can you name that made a difference in our

country? Was there any that made headline news because of their contribution? A woman in history who made a way for others, aside from herself? Harriet Tubman not only made America a better place, but was a large contributor to annex ________. One great heroin during the time of slavery was _________ _________. Harriet Tubman was born a slave. Slaves were used in all areas of the plantation. Housework and babysitting, outside labor such as chopping wood and drawing water, were all responsibilities of slaves. As a young child, she learned how to weave and make clothes. Once in her early teens, she began working in the _______, caring for tobacco, corn and other crops. When slaves did not follow the directives given to them, they were cruelly beaten or punished. For instance, one day a slave had left for the store without permission, and the overseer followed him along with Harriet. When they caught up to the slave, the overseer told Harriet to _____ the slave down so he could whip him. Harriet refused to help. The overseer became very angry and threw a heavy weight at the man, but it hit _______ instead, cracking part of her skull. Harriet would have blackouts throughout the rest of her life as a result of this _______. In her twenties, Harriet married a free African American, John Tubman, but this ____ ____ make her free, she was still enslaved to her owners. Since she was married, they allowed her to stay in her husbands cabin at night, instead of the familys quarters. Harriet had heard her family was going to sell her and she did not want to leave John, so she knew she had to do something! Thats when she decided she needed to escape north because many of the states deemed escaped slaves, ______. Her husband knew it was dangerous, for if they were caught they would be severely punished. He wished she would forget about leaving. Although Harriet

wanted John to come, she knew this was something she needed to do, and she prepared herself to do it ______. Secretly, she started planning her escape in 1849. She began to contact people who lived away from her that could help her. The night she decided to leave, she did not _______. Once they snuck out of their cabins and began traveling in the woods, the two men knew it was going to be difficult and quickly turned back to return. Harriet kept going by herself, but _______ and alone. As she began her journey, Harriets first stop was a kind woman who fed her and placed her in a covered wagon. In the wagon, Harriet had to climb into a burlap bag with vegetables so she would remain _______ until she reached her next safe place. As she traveled at night, mostly on foot, she followed and relied on the ______ ______. Stranger after stranger helped her, providing her with food, hiding places (even during the day), and directions to the next station until she reached the free state of Pennsylvania. She had walked nearly one hundred miles to reach the _______. She settled in Philadelphia- where she got a job as a cook and dishwasher. While working odd jobs, Harriet discovered her children and niece were soon to be sold. With the help of her brother-in-law, she returned to help many of her family members escape to freedom. She tried to contact her husband along her journey to persuade him to return with her as well, but he had settled elsewhere and remarried. Throughout the years of 1850-1861, Harriet helped over ____ slaves travel to Canada for freedom. She met many abolitionists that talked about the Underground Railroad and how it worked. Hearing about this network, Harriet applied her natural drive to make this the beginning of a monumental adventure.

Once free, a slave by the name of Frederick Douglass spoke publically about his life as a slave. He would quickly become an important spokesperson ______ slavery. Frederick grew up living the slave life as he was born to a slave and a white man (father was unknown). When he became of age, he was moved to Baltimore where he was thrown into jail because his slaveholder found out he was planning to escape. Two years later, he finally found enough _______ to make his dreams a reality. Frederick Douglass fled north until he reached New York City, and then later settled in Massachusetts, where he would join organizations against slavery, and begin his speaking career. During the Civil War (a battle between the Union army- NORTH and the Confederate Army- SOUTH), Harriet Tubman assisted the Union Army with ______ aid for black soldiers and newly released slaves. While in this role, she was asked to begin spying over Confederate lines. She was able to rescue more than 700 slaves (including men, women and children) from a working plantation with the help of a Union colonel, James Montgomery, 3 armed gunboats, and several ________ soldiers. After the war was over, she started a new chapter of her life in Albany, New York where she married a Union Army veteran. After becoming famous for her heroic endeavors for her work as an abolitionist, Harriet did not stay quiet for very long. Once settled, she began advocating for ______ and equal rights. Harriet Tubman was passionate in her goal of ________ others find freedom during her lifetime and the effects of that live on even today.