How Did Harriet Tubman Contribute To Freedom

Intro:
In 1619, slavery started in America. Africans were kidnapped and brought to America. They were forced to work without pay. They lived in bad conditions and were mistreated. They were trying to find a way out of their misery. There was one way the ‘Underground Railroad’. The Underground Railroad was a chain of different routes that slaves used to escape the south and enter the north or Canada where slavery was abolished but, the runaway slaves still faced discrimination in the north. Like in modern railroads, the Underground railroad had conductors. The conductors helped to lead other runaway slaves to their freedom. The most famous conductor was Harriet Tubman.

Childhood:
Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 or 1821. No one really knows
She waited till John fell asleep. She packed somethings into a bandana and left. She walked through dark woods and walked through water so bloodhounds could not catch her scent. She soon found her way to the Quaker’s house. The women told her it was not safe to stay there and she had to leave that night. She first followed the Choptank River in Maryland. The river was 40 miles long. When the river ended she followed a road to Camden, Delaware. The Quaker women told her to look for a house with white walls and green shutters. A lady named Eliza Hunn lived there. She helped Harriet by letting her stay for 3 days and giving her new clothes and food for her trip. Harriet had now become a traveler on the Underground Railroad. The railroad had no cars and tracks but had a chain of ‘stops’. Including homes or stores the Quakers or abolitionists owned. Now slaves all over America were trying to escape their masters and there were slave hunters that won rewards for catching runaway slaves. Harriet knew that her master was trying to find her so she covered her scar with a bandana. Occasionally, she would dress up as a men or a fancy women with a veil. When she was dressed up in these clothes she was safer and could get to places easier. Finally, she was in Pennsylvania. She was free and not a slave anymore! She still felt little homesick and sad because her family and friends were all in Maryland but, she was very happy and overjoyed to be free from slavery. In 1851, Harriet planned to go back to Maryland and help other slaves to freedom. She saved one of her brothers and two other men while wearing a man’s suit and a man’s hat. The mans hat had covered her scar which helped her to escape more accurately. She then felt the need to save many more slaves and bring them to