If you hear the dogs, keep going.If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you keep going, don’t ever stop. If you want a taste of freedom keep going.’- Harriet Tubman. The underground railroad was created for slaves to find a way to freedom.
The underground railroad all started with a woman named Harriet Tubman, she was a spy for the United States during the civil war. She was also the main leader of the underground railroad. This was her idea to start all of this, and to go back and save every slave that was left. She was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout.Harriet actually married a free man that was not a slave.She freed herself by using the underground railroad. After doing that …show more content…
She took a big risk going back because she could have got caught, or if they found out she had escape it could’ve lead to death. Harriet believed her hair which had never been comb, that stood out like a basket, Might have been what saved her life. She believed this because trying to save another slave she got hit in the head with a weight. She was taken back to her slave owner and she went two days without medical attention, and she was bleeding and unconscious. She said whenever she passed out or fell asleep she had divine dreams.Meaning dreaming about something then it comes true later on. Or witnessing something before it even happens. Harriet brought her own kind along ways. She was helpful in all kinds of situations, and she even risked going back to the same place she escaped from. Just to go back and save others putting her life in even more danger. She took the biggest risk she could ever take, matter fact the biggest risk anyone could take. Nobody in their right mind would escape from a place then to go back and turn around just to save somebody else. Harriet was a strong independent …show more content…
He was a big part of the underground railroad. He helped Harriet in many ways that you can imagine. He became a world-renowned and anti-slavery activists. His three autobiography’s are considered important works of the slave narrative. He was the most important black American leader. He supported Harriet on her strong belief to, to bring all slaves to freedom. He wrote many letters, and anti-slavery writings. He was known as the strongest man in the black man in the world. He never saw his mother Harriet after the age of seven. He learned how to read illegally by his slave masters wife. Back then it was a crime to teach a black man how to read. Or any black person for that reason, if caught death could come upon you. He was also a risk taker when he escaped to try to become a free man. He left the ship he was on, and used someone’s identity. To lie and try to prove that he was a free slave even though the picture of the man didn’t match douglass face. After he was successful through the running away part, he moved got married and started a new life. He still was a big help to Harriet even after all the things he had to go through just to get to
The underground railroad all started with a woman named Harriet Tubman, she was a spy for the United States during the civil war. She was also the main leader of the underground railroad. This was her idea to start all of this, and to go back and save every slave that was left. She was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout.Harriet actually married a free man that was not a slave.She freed herself by using the underground railroad. After doing that …show more content…
She took a big risk going back because she could have got caught, or if they found out she had escape it could’ve lead to death. Harriet believed her hair which had never been comb, that stood out like a basket, Might have been what saved her life. She believed this because trying to save another slave she got hit in the head with a weight. She was taken back to her slave owner and she went two days without medical attention, and she was bleeding and unconscious. She said whenever she passed out or fell asleep she had divine dreams.Meaning dreaming about something then it comes true later on. Or witnessing something before it even happens. Harriet brought her own kind along ways. She was helpful in all kinds of situations, and she even risked going back to the same place she escaped from. Just to go back and save others putting her life in even more danger. She took the biggest risk she could ever take, matter fact the biggest risk anyone could take. Nobody in their right mind would escape from a place then to go back and turn around just to save somebody else. Harriet was a strong independent …show more content…
He was a big part of the underground railroad. He helped Harriet in many ways that you can imagine. He became a world-renowned and anti-slavery activists. His three autobiography’s are considered important works of the slave narrative. He was the most important black American leader. He supported Harriet on her strong belief to, to bring all slaves to freedom. He wrote many letters, and anti-slavery writings. He was known as the strongest man in the black man in the world. He never saw his mother Harriet after the age of seven. He learned how to read illegally by his slave masters wife. Back then it was a crime to teach a black man how to read. Or any black person for that reason, if caught death could come upon you. He was also a risk taker when he escaped to try to become a free man. He left the ship he was on, and used someone’s identity. To lie and try to prove that he was a free slave even though the picture of the man didn’t match douglass face. After he was successful through the running away part, he moved got married and started a new life. He still was a big help to Harriet even after all the things he had to go through just to get to