What Are Harriet Tubman's Major Accomplishments

Harriet Tubman was a very accomplished woman with many great feats under her belt. Born into slavery under the name Araminta, she lived a tough life. She later married a free black man, and took her mother’s first name and her husband’s last name, now under the name Harriet Tubman. A short while after she married her husband, her master died, this was when Tubman made her move. She escaped, going from Maryland to Pennsylvania alone and unnoticed. She later went on to become a conductor for the underground rail road and do many other things to aid in the fight against slavery. Harriet Tubman’s greatest accomplishment was helping other slaves escape through the Underground Railroad. Her help with the Underground Railroad helped many escaped slaves become free and led them to a better life.
Harriet Tubman was a conductor, or leader of the Underground Railroad. Her job was to lead slaves from safe house to safe house on their journey to freedom. This trip was often one of great distance and struggle. Harriet Tubman led slaves from Maryland to Canada (Doc. A), while remaining un-detected and stealthy. The main complication was, to avoid being caught, Harriet and the slaves had to travel at night, when it is hard to see where you are going, and this caused the trip to be much slower. “She made most of her trips in and around December when the nights were longer and fewer people were out” (Doc C ). Due to most of her trips taking place in winter, it was often hard for slaves to survive the cold. Lack of food and water also caused a great amount of difficulty on this trek. Her many successful trips to free slaves along the Underground Railroad is her greatest accomplishment because of the hardships she had to endure and the many slaves she led to