Question

In two or three sentences, compare the two Harriets. Identify one way in which they were similar and one way in which they were different.

Answer 1

Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass both managed to escape slavery. Jacobs was hesitant to write or publish her account, however Douglass was not and published several versions of her story.

Answer 2

Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe are considered Heroines of the Civil War. Regarding similarities between both characters we can mention the following:

+ They were both abolitionists (fought for abolition of slavery)

+ They were both African Americans.

+ Both worked worked for the Union Army.

+ Both fought for human rights

+ Both were one of eleven children.

As differences between them we can state:

+ Harriet Tubman was born a slave and Harriet Beecher was born in freedom

+ Harriet Beecher was a teacher and writer who wrote in 1852 a famous novel called "Uncle Tom¨s Cabin", a significant story about slavery in plantations.

+ Tubman,instead,risked her life to free her people from captivity and lead them to freedom.She was not a writer.