A Comparison Of Harriet Tubman And The People Could Fly

The historical account of Harriet Tubman uses mainly facts while The People Could Fly was primarily fictitious. Both of these texts were laden with some truth, but only one of them had fiction. They talk about the effects and hardships of slavery. Their main points were similar, but had many different variations.

In the historical piece, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, the idea of escape is only a hope amongst the slaves, while in The People Could Fly, a slave does escape. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad says, “She could not remember who first told her that those furious hoofbeats meant the patrollers were going past, in pursuit of a runaway.” This shows that slaves were attempting to escape on