Who in Harriet Tubman's time do you think deserves the most recognition?

Question

Please explain.

baserunner316: I agree that those Quakers deserve much recognition (they were, after all, the ones who started the Underground Railroad and much of the anti-slavery movement), but I was talking about a person/people DURING Harriet Tubman's time, not before. I do agree with you about the Quakers, though.

jms043: I agree; those soldiers do deserve more recognition. But the Civil War started out as a war over states' rights (it didn't start out as an anti-slavery war) when South Carolina led the way in secession. It became a war against slavery when Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, 2 years after the war started. - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/EmancipaP

Many soldiers didn't want to fight anymore when that happened, so I think the real recognition should go to the soldiers who stayed willing to fight after the Proclamation was passed.

Answer 1

Thank you, someone finally said it. The truth about who we should really recognize as the people who "freed the slaves". The men, women, and children who died not only on the battlefield, but in their homes, or in the fields, or the streets of where they lived. Harriet Tubman may have been a heroine of her time, but she didn't free everyone. Lincoln, making probably one of the smartest political moves of his career freed the slaves in the rebelling states. (Although many people believe that this was illegal, or couldn't be done, most people don't know that the proclamation didn't go into effect until after the winter of '62 when congress viewed it and it became law. Due to the fact that the US did not recognize the confederacy as a seperate entity, much less a country, the government was perfectly within its power to make this into law in the specific states). By creating this proclamation Lincoln stopped the Civil War into becoming a world-wide dillema, but he still did not "free" everyone. Fredrick Douglas was a staunch anti-slavery supporter (obviously) but he also helped bring about the first colored regiment in the Union Army, (yes there were colored regiments in the confederate army). Did Fredrick Douglas free all the slaves? No. There is no real one person that you can define that deserves the most recognition during the era of the Civil War. The soldier's, though many disliked the concept of a war about slavery, are the ones that need to be recognized. I find it amazing that there are monuments in every large battlefield of the Civil War, yet there is no big monument in DC. The soldiers on both sides who died to make this country what it is today, the greatest on earth, are not recognized enough. America defined what it was, as a country, and what it stood for by the Civil War. The men and women and children who fought, or were involved, helped shape this country into what it is today. Everyone had their part. Every generation needs its heroes, but in reality when we look back, we need to recognize that the everyday soldier went through hell and back, to make this country what it was. The ones that made the ultimate sacrifice, to make sure that this country became what it could be. This goes to both sides, as both gave up so much to help this country. In shortening this thing down, I have to agree with a couple of others who have written here and go with that the everyday soldier during the Civil War deserves the most recognition during this troubled time.

Answer 2

Harriet Tubman live from 1820 to 1912. Who deserves the most recognition? For what, the abolitionist movement? I would have to say Fredrick Douglass.
Maybe the women's rights movement. I'd go with Susan B. Anthony.
Or what about politics. Abe Licoln is always a good choice for keeping the Union in tact. But my favourite from this time is James Polk. Most won't even remember his name, but he was one of the best presidents. So these are a list of people, and trust me the list would go on and on and on. But I won't bore you with that info.

Answer 3

The common everyday soldiers who fought in the civil war to free her and the other slaves, and died in the attempt. Why do we only honor the leaders when its always the man on the field who actually does the dirty job?

Answer 4

the white quakers before her who had the guts to risk their lives and everything they had because they believed in righting an injustice.