"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was no such glory over everything..." ( Lerone Jr) Harriet Tubman is known as an American abolitionist, a woman who only didn’t fight for her own freedom but for others. She was borne into slavery in Maryland 1822. As a young girl she was a slave for a white family and worked as a maid, cook, hand field and woodcutter. She saw slavery everywhere she looked and didn’t like that. She felt like she was determined to do something about it.
For years later, in 1849 she heard rumors around that she was going to be sold, Tubman fled to Philadelphia, leaving behind her husband, parents and siblings. She took her first journey on the Underground Railroad, her own escape from slavery. A kind stranger covered her with a sack and stole her away in a wagon to a secret safe house. Tubman was free, alone. She decided end her life leading on the dangerous journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad. …show more content…
In December 1850 she made her way to Baltimore where she lead her sister and two children to freedom. She helped many other salves to freedom. “Tubman became the railroad’s most famous conductor and was known as the “Moses of her people”. (“The Most Influential Women of All Time” 183). Based on that quote we can tell that what Tubman did was really effective and it saved many lives. The people were so grateful they compared her to Moses, one of the greatest people in the bible. Tubman’s work was so excellent that it had been said that she never lost a fugitive she was leading to
For years later, in 1849 she heard rumors around that she was going to be sold, Tubman fled to Philadelphia, leaving behind her husband, parents and siblings. She took her first journey on the Underground Railroad, her own escape from slavery. A kind stranger covered her with a sack and stole her away in a wagon to a secret safe house. Tubman was free, alone. She decided end her life leading on the dangerous journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad. …show more content…
In December 1850 she made her way to Baltimore where she lead her sister and two children to freedom. She helped many other salves to freedom. “Tubman became the railroad’s most famous conductor and was known as the “Moses of her people”. (“The Most Influential Women of All Time” 183). Based on that quote we can tell that what Tubman did was really effective and it saved many lives. The people were so grateful they compared her to Moses, one of the greatest people in the bible. Tubman’s work was so excellent that it had been said that she never lost a fugitive she was leading to