Harriet Tubman would be in the hall of fame because of her bravery, brains, and kindness. She was born March 1822 in Maryland. Harriet escaped slavery in the south to become a leading abolitionist before the Civil War in America. When she escaped in 1849 she returned many times to rescue her family members and non-relatives from plantations. She led hundreds of slaves to freedom in the north as the most famous “conductor” on the underground railroad. The underground railroad was an elaborate secret network of safe houses organized for runaway slaves to hide and escape. Harriet is a risk taker because she kept coming back to save slaves, knowing her fate is she was caught. She risked her freedom to give other slaves the same feeling of
