She was one of eleven children born to Harriet Greene and Benjamin Ross. Harriet was called Araminta as a child but later adopted the name of her mother, Harriet. ... It was Tubman's courage, intellect, and strength of purpose that led her to become one of the greatest conductors of the Underground Railroad. ... By 1857, she had freed all of her relatives, including her aging parents. ... All of her trips were successful, because she mastered the strategy of each of her escape plans. ...

• Word Count: 347
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• Grade Level: High School

When Harriet was 6 her mother died and she was given to her mothers owner Margaret Horriblow. ... He still wouldn't stop trying even though she had 2 children. ... The father of her children brought their kids. While shes children were living in a nice comfortable house while Harriet lived in a crawl space for 7 years. ... Because of her, other slaves had the courage to run away from there owners because they were not being treated right. ...

• Word Count: 729
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• Grade Level: High School

Another custom in slavery, probably also out of deference to the feelings of the white wife, is to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frederick was separated from his mother when he was an infant --- before he even knew her as his mother. ... After the performance of her days work, she would sneak out and travel the whole distance on foot just to see her little baby son, hoping he would sense his mother's love. ... He was not allowed to be present during her illness, death, or burial. ... Frederick never knew his mother, but her strength, courage, and cunning determ...

• Word Count: 5595
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• Grade Level: High School

She developed her characteristics of courage and dependability from her mother, Mau Mau Bett, at an early age. ... At his death, she was separated from her mother and auctioned to another set of plantation owners, the Neelys. ... Isabella gave birth to five children within the next five years. ... In 1843, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth. ... Because of her powerful speaking ability, independent spirit and her six foot frame, she was often accused of being a man. ...

• Word Count: 673
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• Grade Level: High School

Her father was a carpenter, while her mother was a house slave. ... She then mothered two of his children while still being a teen. ... Jacobs eventually reunited with both of her children a few months later. ... At first sign of her children being harmed, Harriet fled. ... In her book, she spoke of a mother she met in the streets on this day. ...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: High School

A year later his own mother was sold to another plantation, not to be reunited with her son again, either (Douglass 1846). ... The children were provided no beds or warm blankets. ... Sophia Auld was very excited about Frederick's progress and told her husband what she had done. ... Acquiescing to her husband, she no longer regarded him as any other child, but as a piece of property. ... "My success was due to address rather than courage, to good luck rather than bravery. ...

• Word Count: 1950
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

David Crockett also known as Davy; was notorious for his courage and leadership in the war, as an American frontiersman. ... He met with his mother a few times as a very young boy, until her sick and untimely death, and was also separated from his brothers and sisters. ... "The joy of my sisters and my mother, and, indeed, of all the family, was such that it humbled me, and made me sorry that I hadn't submitted to a hundred whippings..."... They were scalping fathers, mothers, and even children. ...

• Word Count: 874
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Douglass was born into harsh times which gave him a feeling of courage to become this influential man and to create many new changes that still play as an important role in our daily lives. In 1818, Fredrick was separated from his mother while being born only for 5 weeks; he was raised by his grandparents who also gave a huge support to Douglass when he was a kid. ... His new mistress started teaching him the alphabets.However, sadly after her husband knew that she was teaching Frederick how to read, he forbade her from this action; due to the fact that it was flagitious to teach slaves how to...

• Word Count: 897
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• Grade Level: High School

He eventually fought Covey back and realized that, "he is whipped oftenest, who is whipped easiest; and the slave who has the courage to stand up for himself against the overseer, although he may have many hard stripes at the first, becomes, in the end, a freeman, even though he sustains the formal relation of a slave." ... He and the other children would huddle together in the kitchen of "master" Anthony's house to keep warm. ... Douglass gave bread to white children for lessons. ... He faced emotional struggles knowing that his grandmother who was the only mother figure he knew an...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School