Harriet Tubman recognized the conflict between the African Americans and Americans and discreetly compromised with them through the Underground Railroad. Her original name was Araminta, she was an activist for civil rights and an African American abolitionist. She was born a slave during the 1820s in Maryland and later escaped her life as a slave in the South and help others to escape as well. She was the head conductor The Underground Railroad, a secret slave organization to help slaves escape. Harriet Tubman was a natural born leader. As a young child she was sent to get some things for her slave owner. While there she encountered a family who had escaped from the fields on their own. She saw their master coming and protected them as best