Because runaway notices could not be published until Monday mornings, Tubman would gather her passengers and leave on Saturday nights. She carried Opium with her when traveling with infants in order to keep them from crying and revealing the groups cover. Tubman never exposed her passengers to more risk than already presented, therefore they only traveled by proper routes during the night, took turns having passengers on lookout when resting, and only getting supplies from houses confirmed to be safe by the Underground Railroad. However, when going back into slave states by herself, Tubman would travel during the daytime by herself and created many disguises for herself should she come across previous slaveholders or anyone else that could
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Sarah Bradford even stated in the biography she worked to write with Tubman personally that, “there are those who will sneer, there are those who already have done so at this ‘quixotic attempt’ to make a heroine of a black woman, and a slave…” (Bradford, 8). Today, however, most people regardless of race and region agree they Harriet Tubman is a hero without hesitation. Harriet Tubman’s legacy went from something only abolitionists acknowledged to something that the president of the United States will give a speech on, the opening line being “Harriet Tubman is an American hero.” (Obama). She won a national poll asking which woman should be the face of the $20 bill “with over 33% of the vote, beating runner-up Eleanor Roosevelt by 7,000 votes.” (Alter) The first national monument commemorating a black woman is dedicated to her. Tubman went from being acknowledged only by a group of like minded people to being adopted by the country as the nation’s most iconic …show more content…
Tubman’s legacy extends far beyond the beautification of city parks. Her fight served as predecessor to all events in history ranging from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Rosa Parks refusing to move from the front of the bus, Bree Newsome scaling the South Carolina State Capitol’s flagpole and removing the confederate flag, the peace marches that occupied streets in the 50s, to the current Black Lives Matter demonstrations. Each of these occasions served as milestones in the fight against racism in America and in turn, each of these occasions has struck and crumbled a piece of the American backbone.
Tubman was a victim of the obtrusive backbone in America, but for Tubman, being silenced was not an option. She escaped the chains binding her and then proceeded to make dangerous journeys back to the breeding grounds of her oppression multiple times, saving hundreds. Tubman came together with people of all races and combined the pebbles that served as their individual fights against this backbone and formed a boulder strong enough to take out the first wedge of the backbone. Over time more and more pieces of the backbone have been
Sarah Bradford even stated in the biography she worked to write with Tubman personally that, “there are those who will sneer, there are those who already have done so at this ‘quixotic attempt’ to make a heroine of a black woman, and a slave…” (Bradford, 8). Today, however, most people regardless of race and region agree they Harriet Tubman is a hero without hesitation. Harriet Tubman’s legacy went from something only abolitionists acknowledged to something that the president of the United States will give a speech on, the opening line being “Harriet Tubman is an American hero.” (Obama). She won a national poll asking which woman should be the face of the $20 bill “with over 33% of the vote, beating runner-up Eleanor Roosevelt by 7,000 votes.” (Alter) The first national monument commemorating a black woman is dedicated to her. Tubman went from being acknowledged only by a group of like minded people to being adopted by the country as the nation’s most iconic …show more content…
Tubman’s legacy extends far beyond the beautification of city parks. Her fight served as predecessor to all events in history ranging from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Rosa Parks refusing to move from the front of the bus, Bree Newsome scaling the South Carolina State Capitol’s flagpole and removing the confederate flag, the peace marches that occupied streets in the 50s, to the current Black Lives Matter demonstrations. Each of these occasions served as milestones in the fight against racism in America and in turn, each of these occasions has struck and crumbled a piece of the American backbone.
Tubman was a victim of the obtrusive backbone in America, but for Tubman, being silenced was not an option. She escaped the chains binding her and then proceeded to make dangerous journeys back to the breeding grounds of her oppression multiple times, saving hundreds. Tubman came together with people of all races and combined the pebbles that served as their individual fights against this backbone and formed a boulder strong enough to take out the first wedge of the backbone. Over time more and more pieces of the backbone have been