Harriet Tubman Impact

Have you ever felt like you have been held captive by your parents and all they make you do is clean? Well back in the civil war times there were many slaves that Harriet Tubman tried to save from that awful experience. Harriet Tubman was a very impactful person during the civil war because she helped free over 750 slaves, and she helped heal injured soldiers during the war. The first reason Harriet was a very impactful person during the civil war was when she helped free slaves. Harriet Tubman Escaped on September 17, 1849, Tubman was guided by members of the Underground Railroad which is a place that is filled with safe houses and transportation. Her freedom felt empty unless she could share it with people who she loved so she resolved to go back and …show more content…
Many people in the hospital died from dysentery, a disease associated with terrible diarrhea. Tubman was sure she could find a cure for this diease if she could find the some of the same roots and herbs that grew in Maryland. One late night she went out into the woods and decided to look for some of the same roots or plants that grew in Maryland.Tubamn found water lilies and crane's bill, later that night she boiled the water lily roots and the crane’s bill and made a bitter brew that gave a man who was dying life again. These two main topics are key points to how Harriet was a very impactful woman during the civil war era. On Harriet’s tombstone when she died it said “Servant of God, Well done.” I think that this saying says so much about her because she worked her butt off just to help others when she knew she didn’t have to by any means! Harriet showed compassion when she worked her hardest to find a cure for the people dying during the war, and when she was free from slavery but she wanted to keep helping the others who were not free from slavery which risked her life