“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have in you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and change the world.”(Harriet Tubman). The slave Harriet Tubman was the one who freed thousands of innocent slaves and became a hero. She accomplished many incredible achievements including being a spy, nurse, and caregiver. But her greatest was the infamous Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a system of houses in which to hide escaped slaves and escort them to St. Catherines in Canada (Doc A). The risk was high for her since the fugitive slave act was active so northerners would try to capture or kill them. Harriet’s entire Railroad took 28 years to forge, and rescue slaves. In total, she and her “conductors” rescued about 30,000 slaves. Harriet Tubman went through insane lengths to free slaves and this was her greatest achievement, but not her only one. As a spy during the civil war, the risk was high for her, if she was caught she’d be killed immediately. This was even more a risk than her railroad. However, she only saved 800 people by doing so. The Underground Railroad saved about 30,000 people. Being a spy also only took a couple days, creating a gigantic system of safe houses took 28 years. So although being a spy was very risky and …show more content…
With no danger in her work the risk of dying was very low for her, all she had to do was clean out wounds of soldiers. She only did this for only four years as well, still longer than being a spy, but not enough to topple the length of time that was the railroad. However, after she was done with her work, she baked 50 pies in an hour to sell to people and use the money she earned to buy supplies for troops (Doc D). It was the work of a saint, and was seemingly too good to be true but it was. that wasn’t able to save to many people though, which is why being a nurse wasn't her best