Harriet Tubman was a helpful, courageous, and kind African American slave who helped lead over three hundred slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman is my inspiration because she accomplished impossible tasks. Harriet Tubman’s dedication as a conductor in the Underground Railroad was the essential role of freeing slaves. Harriet Tubman began in the Underground Railroad when her owner died. She decided to escape from slavery at that time. She left behind her husband, John Tubman, who refused to leave with her and threatened to turn her in. The most important symbol she knew was to follow the North Star to escape. Tubman escaped the hardship of slavery and decided she would help lead other slaves to freedom. She knew she was wanted for forty thousand
