Born
- Was born on July 31st ,1965
- In Bristol, England
- Real name “Joanne Kathleen”
Family
1. Sister named “Dianne”2. Daughter named “Jessica” birth in 1993
Childhood 1. As a kid, she would get teased because of her name “Rowling”
2. A good friend named “sean” kept J.K. on track to be a great writer
School/Education
1. Studied at a school in Gloucestershire
2. After finishing school, J.K. study French at the University of Essex
3. After a year in Paris, she graduated from university
Careers
1.Is famous for the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series
Secret Agent By: Thomas B. Allen My book was on Harriet Tubman the run away slave that used to picked cotton. Also she was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civi War. After escaping from captivity, she made thirteen missions to rescue over seventy slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women’s suffrage.
Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various owners as a child. Early in her life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate slave owner threw a heavy metal weight at her, intending to hit another slave. The injury caused disabling seizures, headaches, and powerful visionary and dream activity, and spells of hypersomnia which occurred throughout her entire life. A devout Christian, she ascribed her visions and vivid dreams to premonitions from God.
In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, then immediately returned to Maryland to rescue her family. Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other slaves to freedom. Traveling by night and in extreme secrecy, Tubman (or “Moses”, as she was called) “never lost a passenger”. Heavy rewards were offered for many of the people she helped bring away, but no one ever knew it was Harriet Tubman who was helping them. When a far-reaching United States Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850, she helped guide fugitives further north into Canada, and helped newly-freed slaves find work.
