Interactive Powerpoint on Harriet Tubman

This is an interactive powerpoint created for the class Computers in Education

1. Harriet TubmanH
A Presentation by: Brittany
Leatherman

2. •Who is Harriet Tubman?
•Harriet Tubman’s Life As A Slave
•Escape From Slavery
•What is the Underground Railroad?
•Conductor of the Underground Railroad
•“Moses of Her People”
•A Brave Soul
•Concept Map
•Meet the Author
•Resources
Harriet Tubman
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3. Who Is Harriet Tubman?
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•Born: c. 1820, Dorchester County, Maryland
•Died: March 10, 1913, Auburn, New York
•Her birth name was Araminta Ross
•Married a free black man named John Tubman, which is
when she took her mother’s name Harriet and became
Harriet Tubman.
•She was a runaway slave who became known as the
"Moses of her people.”
•She led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the
Underground Railroad for 10 years.
•She later became a leader in the abolitionist movement,
and during the Civil War she was a spy for the federal
forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse.

4. Harriet Tubman’s Life As A Slave
•Araminta (Harriet Tubman) along with her 10 siblings was
born into slavery to Harriet and Benjamin Ross
•As a child she was “hired out” to be a nursemaid, which is
someone who takes care of a child all night so as not to
wake the mother
•In one instance she nearly died by saving a fellow slave.
She was asked to help whip a slave that went to the store
without permission, when she refused the other slave tried
running away while the master was distracted so the master
threw an iron weight at him, but instead hit her and almost
crushed her skull. She was unconscious for days and ended
up having seizures from this for the rest of her life.
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5. Escape from Slavery
• For fear of being sold she decided to escape. Her
husband would not go, but instead she ran away with her
two brothers. However, her brothers did not make it the
whole way because they were afraid. She continued on
without them and reached Philadelphia where she became
a household servant. Being a servant she saved money
so she could go back and save other slaves.
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6. What is the Underground Railroad?
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•The Underground Railroad was a secret network of safe
houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey
north to freedom.
Click to see a picture of the
Underground Railroad routes

7. Conductor of the Underground Railroad
• Putting herself at great risk, Harriet, made the journey of
the Underground Railroad many many times in order to
save other slaves and bring them to freedom.
• She was breaking the law by saving these slaves and it
was very dangerous for her being a runaway slave. There
were even flyers out for the rewards of runaway slaves.
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Click for a picture of a
reward flyer

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“Moses of Her People”
• Harriet Tubman was known as the “Moses of Her
People” because she was so well known for leading
slaves to freedom.
• Many slaves sang the song “Go Down Moses” in hopes
that their savior would deliver them from slavery just as
Moses had in the Bible, delivering the Israelites from
slavery.

9. A Brave Soul
• She made 19 trips to Maryland and helped 300
people escape from slavery, including members of her
own family.
• At one point, the reward for her capture was $40,000.
• She was never captured, ensure the safety of the
slaves she was helping to escape and is quoted with
saying,
"On my Underground Railroad I [never] run
my train off [the] track [and] I never [lost] a
passenger."
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Click for a video

10. Resources
Picture:
http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/images/map16.gif
Facts and Pictures:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/tubman#more
Video:
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?
guidAssetId=CA64CD29-1F2B-4003-A753-BA0FB6DC87B9
&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
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11. Meet the Author
• My name is Brittany
Leatherman and I am a
sophomore at Grand Valley
State University.
• I am majoring in Social
Studies for Elementary
Education.
• Email Me:
[email protected]
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12. Concept Map
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