Harriet Tubman Comic Strips

1. # # Harriet Tubman Comic Strips Follow along to find out about my life, my work freeing slaves, and my legacy.

2. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips # # Before we get started, tell a classmate what you already know about Harriet Tubman or the underground railroad.

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4. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips # # Background: Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman escaped and helped hundreds of others do the same. She actively freed slaves before and during the Civil War, and became a well-known civil rights and women’s rights advocate after the Civil War. Follow along to create a set of comic strips, use key terms, and highlight Tubman’s historical legacy.

5. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips # # Fold your blank paper into 8 squares (4x2). When you see the red numbered symbol, fill in one of your eight comic strip boxes with a title, caption and drawing for that slide. Be sure that your titles or captions include all 10 of the key terms listed on the left! 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

6. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips # # Fold your blank paper into 8 squares (4x2). When you see the red numbered symbol, fill in one of your eight comic strip boxes with a title, caption and drawing for that slide. Be sure that your titles or captions include all 10 of the key terms listed on the left! 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

7. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips # # Follow along to learn about new terms and create comic strips to summarize the life of Harriet Tubman. 1 Harriet’s injury and visions 2 Harriet Tubman flees slavery 3 1850 Fugitive Slave Act passes 4 Canada becomes new destination 5 Tubman goes 20 times to free slaves 6 Network of Quakers help the escapees 7 Modern Moses becomes a wanted ‘man’ 8 A cook, nurse, scout, and spy for the Union

8. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 1 Harriet’s injury and visions 1 1 As a young girl, Harriet recalled severe beatings at the hands of her masters. But one incident stands out and changed her destiny. One day, an overseer asked Harriet to help restrain another slave. When she refused and ran away, he threw a weight at her head. This knocked her unconscious and she nearly died from loss of blood and from blood clotting in her brain. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

9. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 1 Harriet’s injury and visions 1 1 This severe injury caused seizures, headaches and narcolepsy that lasted for the rest of her long life (she lived into her nineties). As Tubman was also known to be a faithful Christian. She claimed that this injury and near-death experience led to powerful visions and revelations from God throughout her life. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

10. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 2 Harriet Tubman flees slavery 2 2 Harriet’s medical condition made her less valuable to Mr. Brodess (her owner), who tried several times to sell her, but without success. Harriet recalled later that she had prayed for God to change his heart or else take his life. When he died a week later, she felt guilty. But his widow, Eliza Brodess soon arranged to sell Harriet and her family, splitting them apart. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

11. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 2 Harriet Tubman flees slavery 2 2 This is when Harriet began to consider running away. Maryland bordered the free state of Pennsylvania and her plantation was about 90 miles from the border. On September 17th, 1849, Harriet and her brothers Ben and Harry escaped. All three returned days later since Ben was about to become a father, but Harriet soon escaped again by herself. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

12. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 2 Harriet Tubman flees slavery 2 2 This is when Harriet began to consider running away. Maryland bordered the free state of Pennsylvania and her plantation was about 90 miles from the border. On September 17th, 1849, Harriet and her brothers Ben and Harry escaped. All three returned days later since Ben was about to become a father, but Harriet soon escaped again by herself. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmMKaXJPmws

13. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 3 1850 Fugitive Slave Act passes 3 3 The Compromise of 1850 was an agreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery advocates. The compromise was this: * California would enter the Union as a free state (making one more free state than slave state and disrupting the balance) * The Fugitive Slave Act would go into law, forcing those in free states to return escaped slaves to plantations in the south 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

14. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 3 1850 Fugitive Slave Act passes 3 3 The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act (as part of the Compromise of 1850) meant that free states in the north weren’t really free. Escaped slaves in the northern free states would be living in fear of being captured and returned to their masters in the southern slave states. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

15. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 4 Canada becomes new destination 4 4 Since northern free states were no longer a safe haven for escaped slaves, Canada became a popular final destination. Canada had already outlawed slavery and had no laws obligating citizens to return former slaves to their American owners. Tubman worked to help escapees get from Maryland to Pennsylvania, and then to Canada via New York. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

16. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 4 Canada becomes new destination 4 4 Some escaped to Canada by coming up the Mississippi River, often going through Chicago, then getting on boats via the Great Lakes. Others made their way to Detroit, then crossed over. Still others (such as those aided by Harriet Tubman) went through New York. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

17. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 5 Tubman goes 20 times to free slaves 5 5 Harriet Tubman is believed to have gone back to Dorchester County, Maryland 19 or 20 times, bringing 10 or more escaped slaves to the free state of Pennsylvania each time. In all, she helped around 300 slaves in their escapes. Many of those slaves continued the journey north until they reached Canada. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

18. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 6 Network of Quakers help the escapees 6 6 Of course, Tubman operated under the cover of darkness. And of course, Tubman did not work alone. During her missions, she used a network of former slaves, free blacks, and white abolitionists. Most of these white abolitionists were from a group of Christians called Quakers who used their homes as ‘stations’. • Conductor = one leading slaves to freedom • Station = an abolitionist safe-house to stop for rest • Passengers = escaped slaves 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

19. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 6 Network of Quakers help the escapees 6 6 This network was called the Underground Railroad. It was not a railroad, but it did move people from state-to-state. It was not underground, but it was largely hidden from authorities. • Conductor = one leading slaves to freedom • Station = an abolitionist safe-house to stop for rest • Passengers = escaped slaves 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

20. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 7 Modern Moses becomes a wanted ‘man’ 7 7 Harriet Tubman came to be known as “The Modern Moses” since she freed her people in a way that was reminiscent of Moses freeing the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery. It was said that Tubman “never lost a passenger” during her missions to Maryland. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

21. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 7 Modern Moses becomes a wanted ‘man’ 7 7 Many didn’t believe that this work could be done by a woman. Early on, in fact, authorities believed that this criminal who helped slaves escape must have been a man. Check out some of the wanted posters from the time period… 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

22. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 8 A cook, nurse, scout, and spy for the Union 8 8 When the Civil War began, Tubman joined the Union Army (North) as a cook and a nurse. She also worked as a scout and spy. Harriet even was known to carry a gun, something that was not typical for a woman at that time in history. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

23. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 8 A cook, nurse, scout, and spy for the Union 8 8 In fact, It is believed that she was the first woman to lead an armed in any U.S. War. Specifically, Harriet led the so-called “Combahee River Raid”, which was an operation that led to the liberation of more than 700 slaves in South Carolina. Later in life, she became very active in the Women’s Suffrage Movement in New York. She became ill and died in 1913 at the approximate age of 93. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War

24. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips 8 A cook, nurse, scout, and spy for the Union 8 8 In fact, It is believed that she was the first woman to lead an armed in any U.S. War. Specifically, Harriet led the so-called “Combahee River Raid”, which was an operation that led to the liberation of more than 700 slaves in South Carolina. Later in life, she became very active in the Women’s Suffrage Movement in New York. She became ill and died in 1913 at the approximate age of 93. 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsNGrkbHm4

25. Harriet Tubman Comic Strips # # Fold your blank paper into 8 squares (4x2). When you see the red numbered symbol, fill in one of your eight comic strip boxes with a title, caption and drawing for that slide. Be sure that your titles or captions include all 10 of the key terms listed on the left! Have you used all 10 words on the left? Does each box have a title, caption and image? 1 Slavery 2 Abolition 3 Abolitionist 4 Canada 5 Conductor 6 Station 7 Quaker 8 Maryland 9 Pennsylvania 10 Civil War