Tubman gained the name Moses for guiding at least 70 slaves to freedom on the underground railroad – a phrase used to refer to the series of secret safehouses and trails linking the South, where slavery was legal, to the north, where it was not.
Having recently returned to the UK after a ski season in the French Alps, Hannah has decided to swap the skis for her laptop keys. As a History graduate from the University of Leeds with an Exchange BA from the University of Rochester, New York, she has always had a passion for writing. She has written musings for magazines, copy for companies, and is now braving the blogs. She hopes you enjoy her work.
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Origins of Carnival Culture
Performances were filled with social commentary and took great influence from contemporary themes.
Emmeline Pankhurst and The Suffragettes
A feminist icon, Emmeline Pankhurst was named one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century by TIME magazine in 1999.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
His poetry pushed boundaries, attacking monarchies and authority figures in a time when authors and publishers were commonly convicted of treason and sedition.
