Harriet’s name has always been associated with strength, courage and feminine virtue. Harriet means “she rules the home”, which communicates Harriet’s natural leadership and suggests her ambidexterity. Harriet Ann Jacobs is one of the three women who stand out: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman and Harriet Tubman. These Harriets were heavily involved in social activism and have empowered many people to overcome social barriers and follow their own dreams.
Harriet Ann Jacobs was an abolitionist, feminist and slave girl who documented her life in the book “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”. Childhood tells of the joyous days when she was a child. Her mother’s death and that of her mistress is a blow which exposes her to slavery and its horrors, specifically for women. The chapter “The jealous mistress” exposes the sexual exploitation of female slaves and how the master controls her body, causing tensions at home. The mistress is a jealous mistress and she is suspicious of the relationship between the slave-girl and her husband. This makes the slave’s guilt worse. Slave-masters have children with the female slaves they own. The wives are manipulated into turning a blind-eye and selling the children to be sold as property. This separates families. A Perilous passage in a slave girl’s life tells the story of the slave-girl’s ruined childhood, her marred innocence and her eventual surrender of virginity. A slave girl who marries in an attempt to adhere to social norms and morals is a good example of a woman trying to do the right thing. However, she asks that her actions not be seen as loose. The Loophole of Retreat is the hideout of the slave who has escaped the grasps of Dr. Flint, her slave-master. Dr. Flint accurately describes the slave-master, who is cruel, unfeeling and tyrannical. He is a selfish man and wants to spoil all of his female servants.
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a best-seller that promotes abolitionism. The chapter entitled “The Mother’s Struggle”, describes the feelings of a mother-slave whose baby is being sold. According to law, it is the slave owner’s property, not that of the mother. Eliza flees to avoid slavery and to protect her child. Stowe points out the hypocrisy and denial of Christian values in slavery. Eliza does not give up and turns to the Quaker community where she finds the most fervent of abolitionists. They are also the best friends for humanity. Stowe describes how the Quakers have a heavenly disposition, with their Christian compassion, genuine friendship, and willingness to help slaves who are fleeing. Eliza is planning to cross over to Canada following the Fugitive Slave Act and Kansas-Arkansas Act. Canada became the main destination for runaway enslaved people during slavery. The slave is permanently stigmatized by these laws, regardless of where he lives, in the slaveholding or the free states. Quakers participate actively in the Underground Railroad. The Martyr’s chapter tells the tale of Uncle Tom, who was tortured to death by Legree, his own master. Due to the multiple slave escapes, it is assumed that Uncle Tom has been an accomplice. The cruelty and inhumanity displayed by the slave-owner are contrasted with the self-sacrifice and forgiveness of Uncle Tom, who is a true Christian.
Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland in 1820 to Harriet Green and Ben Ross. Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 to Harriet Green and Ben Ross. She was called Araminta during her time as a slave. Tubman’s brutal inhumanity drove her to freedom. She suffered severe head injuries that caused excruciating headaches and fits of apoplectic rage. She was slashed so severely that she suffered head injuries causing excruciating migraines and apoplectic fits. Tubman was also said to be blessed with a visionary and prophetic gift that enabled her to guide others. She was an ex slave living in America who had to collide with spies as well as abolitionists. Frederick Douglass also met with her. She jokes: “I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and can say something most conductors won’t be able to; I never lost my passenger and never ran my trains off the tracks.” She designed a complicated network that transported runaway enslaved people north, towards the more liberal Free States. She was not able to stand the fact that many of her friends and relatives were still in slavery after she escaped. She blazed the trail, leading hundreds to freedom. Tubman was not only an emancipator, but also a spy for the Northern Army. She established a senior citizen home after the war. In 1850, due to the introduction of Fugitive
Slave laws that required everyone to assist the slaveowners in recapturing slaves. This was true whether the slaveholding zone or the free zone. The Underground Railroad was responsible for bringing runaway slaves into Canada, a country that was anti-slavery. She lived up to the age of 90, but died in her family’s presence from pneumonia.
