Harriet Tubman Hero

Harriet Tubman was a slave almost her whole childhood until she escaped. Tubman led over 300 slaves to freedom with the help of other abolitionists. Tubman was freeing slaves for almost her whole adult life. Growing up Harriet Tubman had a very rough life from being whipped to verbal abuse. Tubman got moved from being a maid to a woodcutter, Tubman did just about anything. What Tubman was most known for was the Underground Railroad and freeing of 300 slaves.
Harriet can be seen as a hero because of her courageous acts as a young girl. "From early childhood she worked variously as a maid, a nurse, a field hand, a cook, and a woodcutter" (Harriet Tubman).
This quote explains why Tubman was a hero because she worked multiple different jobs that
Even though this quote is negative it still supports her heroic acts because she is threatening the slaves for a good reason Kohlberg created stages of moral development and Harriet Tubman fits on stage 5
• Stage 5. Social Contract and Individual Rights. The child/individual becomes aware that while rules/laws might exist for the good of the greatest number, there are times when they will work against the interest of particular the individuals (Saul McLeod). Harriet Tubman fits on level three, stage five of the Kohlberg theory. Tubman fits this stage because she broke the law multiple times to save almost lifeless slaves. Tubman worked against the law and many people for the good of others.
Soon after Tubman began her missions, the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was enacted, requiring that escaped slaves apprehended in nonslaveholding states be returned to their masters. Abolitionists and other sympathetic Northerners did their best to oppose the law (Gale).
Explanation: This quote explains that Tubman fits on stage 5 of Kohlburgs theory because Tubman did not listen to the law for the best of other