How Did Harriet Tubman Use Civil Disobedience?

Civil Disobedience is breaking laws that are believed to be unfair, as a form of peaceful protesting. Civil Disobedience has been used by many to fight and bring attention to laws that are unjust. The Underground Railroad is a prime example of Civil Disobedience during the pre civil war era. The Underground Railroad was a system of different routes and safe houses that were used to move slaves from the south to the north in order for them to be free. The “conductors” of the underground railroad risked a great deal of jail time in order to aid fugitive slaves. One of the most famous of these conductors is Harriet Tubman, who helped free over 300 slaves using the Underground Railroad. She believed that slavery was unjust and used Civil Disobedience