Commemorative Speech

Harriet Tubman
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Harriet Tubman
Even in the male dominated world, there are women that have set the trend for the rest of the world, beating all odds. They have changed the course of history with their endeavors to make the world a better place, not just for the womenfolk, but for every person in their generation and others to come. Getting global recognition as a woman is no mean fit and more so getting to be remembered in history is subtle and humbling at the same time (Biography.com, 2015).
Slavery has been one of the cruelest acts of human violence and undermines the basic rights of any human being. I am sure each of us has a story or several, where read, watched or heard in a conversation (Biography.com, 2015). They most certainly are stories of horror and underscore the most torturous of human suffering. For African American slaves, America was a prison (metaphor) but lucky for them Harriet had devised method to the madness (alliteration). Ironically to date, this practice is still rife in some parts of the world, where children are sold into labor camps, sweatshops and brothels against their will. Fighting against barbaric acts like these is the epitome of selflessness, relative to the amount of resistance one faces.
Born in 1822 in Maryland, Harriet Tubman dedicated her life to abolish slavery and fight for the rights the African Americans who were trapped in slavery against their will. She also worked as a union spy, after escaping from slavery in 1849 (Biography.com, 2015). She fought for the rights of the oppressed, in a time when African Americans were considered as lesser persons. At the time anyone that was suspected or found to have assisted slaves to escape would be put to death. She put her life on the line for the sake others again and again (repetition).
She helped freed slaves find work and get their life in order and organized the escape of others across the states. Working with other African Ame...