Harriet Tubman And The Underground Railroad

During the Industrial Revolution, lots of slaves were freed to the North where they found jobs. Harriet Tubman was the only known woman that helped slaves escape from the South. Tubman was a slave herself and she escaped by herself, but came back nineteen times to save her family and other slaves as well. The path that she used to escort more than 300 slaves was the Underground Railroad (Theresa McDevitt). Just like Tubman, Quakers also helped end Slavery. Quakers were members of a Christian movement and they moved to the U.S. to tell the government that God wanted Slavery to end (Wikipedia). During the Industrial Revolution period, Tubman sacrificed herself nineteen times and saved more than 300 slaves using the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman is an African American woman that had ten siblings. She was a slave that hated her master and his work. Tubman’s birth name was Aramita Ross (Harriet Tubman). She had to change her name because if one is a slave then one takes your master’s name. Harriet Tubman was not only known for helping slaves escape. In fact, she was a Civil War spy, a scout, and a military commander (Theresa McDevitt). Harriet was born in Dorchester County, Maryland where she was a nursemaid for a small baby

This route was neither underground nor a railroad (Underground Railroad). The slaves who took this route used to sleep in people’s homes during the day and continue moving during the night. Harriet Tubman was the woman that led the slaves to the North on this route (Underground Railroad). Some slaves were scared to go on this route, but Tubman would promise them that they would get to the North safely. Although slaves were scared to go on the route, they would still go because they just want to end slavery. Slaves who escaped on this route had a harsh, long trip to go there. The Slave owners hated to see their slaves escape and they had wanted signs up