Harriet Tubman: "The Moses of her people."
One of the most well known figures associated with the Underground Railroad is Harriet Tubman. Tubman was born a slave in 1822 and worked on a plantation in Maryland when she was little. She escaped from slavery in 1849 at the age of twenty-seven, and returned to the plantation when she rescued her niece and children who were going to be sold. This led to Tubman's reoccurring returns to free others. Harriet Tubman was one of the first to
begin helping slaves escape. Her appearance was used to her advantage because she could go unnoticed in the plantation while helping slaves flee. Tubman lead approximately thirteen trips, guiding between fifty and seventy people in total to safety. Other abolitionist joined her and eventually gave themselves a name, establishing the Underground Railroad. She was one of the most important people who participated in progressing the efficiency of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman became a model which others followed, leading to her further influencing hundreds of slaves being freed on the Underground Railroad.
begin helping slaves escape. Her appearance was used to her advantage because she could go unnoticed in the plantation while helping slaves flee. Tubman lead approximately thirteen trips, guiding between fifty and seventy people in total to safety. Other abolitionist joined her and eventually gave themselves a name, establishing the Underground Railroad. She was one of the most important people who participated in progressing the efficiency of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman became a model which others followed, leading to her further influencing hundreds of slaves being freed on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
" I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now that I was free, there was such glory over everything, the sun came up like gold through the threes, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven."
~Harriet Tubman, 1849
~Harriet Tubman, 1849