Harriet Tubman Character Traits

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Harriet Tubman is a legend from back when slavery was legal but not for long. Harriet had a goal of freeing her and as many slaves as she could.During this attempt she had many character traits that helped her along the way. These character traits were intelligence,courageousness,and resourceful. Know you will know how all of these character traits helped her guide 500 slaves to freedom. First she was intelligent because she outsmarted the slave owners who followed her with bloodhounds,barricades,and horsemen.she also used songs to warn slaves that they were leaving.she even went several different paths of the underground railroad to save slaves.P.S she was said to be a conductor of the underground railroad.These are the reasons

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