Harriet Tubman The Land Of The Free Essay

During this time the united states was not “the land of the free”. This is because during the Civil War slavery also took place and was a major dividing point for America. In the North African-Americans were free, but were still treated unfairly. But, in the South only a small minority of African-Americans were free and a great majority of them were slaves. Dred Scott was a former slave who went to the Supreme Court to try to use for his freedom but failed. Another individual during this time was Harriet Tubman. After she escaped from slavery she ran an underground railroad to help other slaves escape. During this time period American was truly not “land of the free.”
In the North African-Americans lived differently than the ones in the South. In the North African-Americans were free but they were still discriminated. They could not do many things, including, voting, hold office, serve on juries, or attend white churches and schools because the color of their skin. Though many people were discriminated …show more content…
She was born into slavery and escaped in 1849 to the North. Harriet strongly disagreed with the ways of slavery. She was mainly known for conducting the underground railroad to help slaves escape to the North. She lived in Maryland which was a Union state and did not approve slavery. Tubman would do anything to keep people save and she would risk her own freedom and life to do it to. This shows that America was not the “land of the free” because if people had to escape underground from people are they truly free? Many times she would use bizarre yet effective methods in the Underground railroad to preserve the secret. No white southerners knew about the railroad which made it so effective, and if followers with loaded guns came she would threaten them to keep quiet. If people had to escape from other people they were not living on free land during the Civil War. They were