Yuhan Wang
Reform’s Dinner Party
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, a black woman who was born as a slave in Maryland's Dorchester County around 1820. She began to work as a house servant when she at five or six. Harriet Tubman has believed as the Moses by other slaves and the “General Tubman” during the civil war. Harriet Tubman viewed that the American society of slavery as a thing that need to have people stand up and against to it, she uses her whole life try to become one of those people, no matter how hard to achieve, she never gives up. Because of her horrible memories from her childhood, she knows how cruel that white people treat their slaves. Even thou Harriet Tubman already successfully escaped, but she chooses to come back and help other slaves to get their freedom. Because of her hated about the slavery, the only goal she makes in her life is to gain more rights for blacks in this country. The methods she used to free the slaves was to join the Underground Railroad and led hundreds of slaves to the North and Canada to get their freedom. Tubman also served as a scout, spy and nurse during the Civil War; she gives hopes for black people to join the army to against slavery.Harriet Tubman successfully leads an armed expedition in the war and guided the Combahee River Raid, which liberated more than 700 slaves in The South Carolina. Harriet Tubman has a substantial impact on American society, the ultimate effect she did was after the Civil War, she returned to Auburn, New York, and continued to help blacks forge new lives in freedom.
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Harriet Tubman said this after the death of John Brown, which known as the famous white American abolitionist who against the slavery.
“I would fight for my