Harriet Tubman was an american woman who escaped slavery in the south, and became a leading abolitionist. Harriet Tubman successfully escaped from slavery in 1849, but returned many times to help rescue her family members, and friends. She led thousands of slaves to freedom as a conductor of ‘The Underground Railroad’. The Underground Railroad was a secret network of safe houses. When Tubman escaped, she feared that her family would be further severed, and feared for own her fate and life.
The dynamics of escaping slavery changed in 1850, with the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, which was a law that escaped slaves could be captured in the North and returned to slavery.
During the civil war, Harriet Tubman was Working for the Union Army as a cook and nurse. Soon after this Harriet Tubman quickly became an american spy, to help the north figure out the south's plans. …show more content…
After the war, and even now, Harriet Tubman, widely known and well-respected while she was alive, became an American icon in the years after she died. Harriet Tubman had a ton of accomplishments. Such as, The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp in her honour in 1978, and she was a black American whose daring rescues helped hundreds of slaves escape to
The dynamics of escaping slavery changed in 1850, with the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, which was a law that escaped slaves could be captured in the North and returned to slavery.
During the civil war, Harriet Tubman was Working for the Union Army as a cook and nurse. Soon after this Harriet Tubman quickly became an american spy, to help the north figure out the south's plans. …show more content…
After the war, and even now, Harriet Tubman, widely known and well-respected while she was alive, became an American icon in the years after she died. Harriet Tubman had a ton of accomplishments. Such as, The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp in her honour in 1978, and she was a black American whose daring rescues helped hundreds of slaves escape to