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America, My Country
American Heroes
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Slaves worked on the farms .
Time Line
Harriet Tubman was born a slave .
People owned slaves . This was called
slavery . There were lots of big farms in
the South . Slaves worked on the farms .
People in the North owned slaves , too .
Harriet lived in Maryland . Her owner
did not let her learn to read . She was
hit in the head . She almost died . Harriet
wanted a better life .
Harriet, a Slave
1820
Born
Harriet followed the drinking gourd.
Time Line
Harriet wanted to be free . She ran away .
The stars made shapes . She saw the Big
Dipper . It looked like a drinking gourd .
A gourd is the hard shell of a large fruit .
Slaves used gourds to drink water . The
Big Dipper pointed to the North Star .
It p ointed the way to freedom . Harriet
followed the drinking gourd . The North
Star helped her nd her way .
The Drinking Gourd
North StarNorth Star
1820
Born
1849
Runs away
Harriet traveled on the Underground Railroad.
Time Line
People helped Harriet in secret .
Someone showed her a safe house .
Someone hid he r in a wagon . At last she
came to the North . She came to free
land in Pennsylvania . Harriet traveled
on the Underground Railroad . It was
not a real railroad . It was a secret way
for slaves to travel . It helped them
travel to freedom .
Harriet is Free
1820
Born
1849
Runs away
Harriet worked hard . She saved her money .
Time Line
Harriet wanted her family to be free .
She wanted he r friends to be free . She
found a job . She worked hard . She saved
her money . She used he r money to help
others be free .
Harriets Plans
1820
Born
1849
Runs away
Harriet helped other slaves run away .
Time Line
Harriet became a conductor on the
Underground Railroad . She led people
to safety . She went back to the South .
She helped other slaves run away . They
hid in elds and forests in the daytime .
They walked at night . They rode under
hay in wagons . Sometimes they traveled
in boats o r trains .
Harriet, the Conductor
1820
Born
1849
Runs away
1850
Becomes conductor
Harriet had to leave again.
Time Line
One day a new law was made . Now
runaway slaves must be sent back to
their owners . Harriet was not free in the
North anymore . She had to leave again .
This time she went to another country .
She went to Canada . She took other
freed slaves with he r.
Harriet and the New Law
1820
Born
1849
Runs away
1850
Becomes conductor
1851
