How Did Harriet Tubman Contribute To Slavery

Harriet Tubman was a slave. She was against slavery and wanted every African American free. She decided that one day she would become free. Since she worked closely by the Underground Railroad, she led the slaves to the Underground Railroad and freed them. Today she is known for her bravery and saving over 300 slaves in the late 1800’s. Harriet Tubman was born in 1820. She had 7 siblings and her parents, and they were also slaves. She started doing housework and caring for white children on nearby farms for her owners when she was 5 or 6 years old. Harriet Tubman joined the rest of the slaves out on the plantation. When she was still a teenager, she was hit on the head by an overseer. Her injury caused her to fall asleep suddenly several times a day for the rest of her life. In 1844, Harriet married a man named John Tubman. Harriet’s real name was Araminta Ross. She took her husband’s last name, and she also changed her first to Harriet, in honor of her mother. Harriet Tubman became a slave when she was 5 or 6 years old. She joined the slaves out on the plantation in her teen years. In 1849 the slaves on the Maryland plantation where she worked would be sold to a new owner. She left her husband John Tubman and decided that she would …show more content…
What motivated her was her masters would physically punish her if she failed to do what they asked. This made her angry, and she decided that one day she would become free. Harriet went to the North with her two brothers and left the plantation. They reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began working as a house servant. Harriet started saving the money she made at her job. She wanted to use the money to help other slaves travel north. She came back to the south at least 19 times to save slaves. She worked closely by the Underground Railroad, and led the slaves to the Underground Railroad and freed them. Harriet saved more than 300 slaves in the