Although she was the first slave to free others, she also was the first slave to care for others. Seven weeks after the Combahee River raid, Document D states, “...By the time I’d bathed off three or four, the fire and the heat would have melted the ice and made the water warm…” I take this to mean that because so many freed-slaves volunteered and had gotten wounded, she had about 20 coming to the hospital a day. Having 20 people come to be healed by such a revolutionary woman is such a flattering thought, but this hard-working woman was so humble she never let it get to her head. …show more content…
According to Document B she would go to Philadelphia all the way from Dorchester! Tell me that is not amazing without gasping. Harriet was just the type of person to do anything for other people so when she heard that slaves were held in the Niagara Falls area she went there from Maryland! Harriet Tubman truly is