In the dim light of dusk, a five foot woman (“Harriet Tubman” Biography in Context, 2004) leads a group of slaves between the trees of a thick forest. With footsteps quiet as a mouse, they creep through the undergrowth. They are on the way to freedom, but for now, they are looking for a specific house just parallel to the wide line of trees. The leader of the group carries a rifle (Maxwell, Biography in Context, 1996) in her right hand, as she listens intently for any signs of slave-catchers. Her name was Harriet Tubman, but she was often called Moses (“Harriet Tubman” Biography in Context, 2004). This was a risky journey for everyone, especially her: she could be caught with a reward of $40,000 (Maxwell, Biography in Context, 1996). This woman
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Traveling as a runaway slave back into the territory where she could be caught with a reward of $40,000, was quite a risk and a challenge in itself. Although the task was always going to be intricately planned and extremely difficult, she still developed techniques that helped her escape trips become more successful, which would help overcome her challenges in rescuing the slaves. For example, it was easier to leave on a Saturday night, because runaway slaves couldn’t be posted in the news until Monday morning. Also, she always brought a drug to use on a baby to stop its crying, since its wails could easily lead slave-catchers right into their path, putting all the runaways into danger (“Harriet Tubman” n.d.). In fact, when a white was acting suspiciously curious while observing her and other slaves, she would buy railroad tickets to go south, so that no one would suspect her of trying to run away. (“Harriet Tubman” Biography in Context, 2004) Raising someone’s suspicions of her and her fugitives’ whereabouts could put many lives at stake, including hers. Finally, generally the most well-known, Tubman carried along a rifle, to use if runaways got tired, or wanted to turn back from the journey, in which then she told them, “You'll be free or die,” because if they returned to the plantation, the slave-owners would gather more information about the Underground …show more content…
Leading 300 slaves to freedom, being a major Underground Railroad conductor, and making 19 trips to the south wasn’t enough for Tubman (“The Underground Railroad” Biography in Context, 2015). She continued to devote her time to many different subjects during the Civil War, including feminism, being a social reformer, army scout, spy, and nurse. She traveled throughout South Carolina and Georgia, tending to soldiers and applying her nursing skills wherever she could. She also recruited slaves to fight and worked as a Union spy, collecting information from the South (Maxwell, Biography in Context, 1996). She truly made the world a better place: even without receiving an education, she worked hard and used her principles of good citizenship to fight against racial, social, and economic inequalities (Maxwell, Biography in Context, 1996).
Harriet Tubman was an exceptional person, notably known for her efforts in supporting the Underground Railroad (“Harriet Tubman” Biography in Context, 2004), achieving racial and gender equality, ending slavery, and supporting the Union in the Civil War (Maxwell, Biography in Context, 1996). She was dedicated to helping other slaves become free individuals, and persisted to overcome slavery and other social inequalities. Her courage to risk her life numerous times to help other people has made her a well-recognized figure through the history of the United
Traveling as a runaway slave back into the territory where she could be caught with a reward of $40,000, was quite a risk and a challenge in itself. Although the task was always going to be intricately planned and extremely difficult, she still developed techniques that helped her escape trips become more successful, which would help overcome her challenges in rescuing the slaves. For example, it was easier to leave on a Saturday night, because runaway slaves couldn’t be posted in the news until Monday morning. Also, she always brought a drug to use on a baby to stop its crying, since its wails could easily lead slave-catchers right into their path, putting all the runaways into danger (“Harriet Tubman” n.d.). In fact, when a white was acting suspiciously curious while observing her and other slaves, she would buy railroad tickets to go south, so that no one would suspect her of trying to run away. (“Harriet Tubman” Biography in Context, 2004) Raising someone’s suspicions of her and her fugitives’ whereabouts could put many lives at stake, including hers. Finally, generally the most well-known, Tubman carried along a rifle, to use if runaways got tired, or wanted to turn back from the journey, in which then she told them, “You'll be free or die,” because if they returned to the plantation, the slave-owners would gather more information about the Underground …show more content…
Leading 300 slaves to freedom, being a major Underground Railroad conductor, and making 19 trips to the south wasn’t enough for Tubman (“The Underground Railroad” Biography in Context, 2015). She continued to devote her time to many different subjects during the Civil War, including feminism, being a social reformer, army scout, spy, and nurse. She traveled throughout South Carolina and Georgia, tending to soldiers and applying her nursing skills wherever she could. She also recruited slaves to fight and worked as a Union spy, collecting information from the South (Maxwell, Biography in Context, 1996). She truly made the world a better place: even without receiving an education, she worked hard and used her principles of good citizenship to fight against racial, social, and economic inequalities (Maxwell, Biography in Context, 1996).
Harriet Tubman was an exceptional person, notably known for her efforts in supporting the Underground Railroad (“Harriet Tubman” Biography in Context, 2004), achieving racial and gender equality, ending slavery, and supporting the Union in the Civil War (Maxwell, Biography in Context, 1996). She was dedicated to helping other slaves become free individuals, and persisted to overcome slavery and other social inequalities. Her courage to risk her life numerous times to help other people has made her a well-recognized figure through the history of the United