Harriet Tubman was one of the most famous freedom conductors. Freedom conductors were people that lead enslaved people to freedom using the underground railroad. Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland in 1822. In 1849 she traveled hundreds of miles to escape slavery. She would go to the south and rescue slaves at least 8 times during her lifetime using the Underground railroad. During the Civil War, she acted as a spy and nurse for the union. After the Civil War (1861-1865), she took care of the poor and sick in her house. She died on March 10, 1913. Harriet Tubman had many great achievements. Harriet Tubman's greatest achievement was helping people by being a spy (during the Civil War), a nurse, and freeing slaves. The first great achievement Harriet Tubman helped people was by being a freedom conductor. Kate Clifford Larson, Bound for the Promise Land, 2004 (Doc A) shows that Harriet's path on the underground railroad was nearly 675 miles. This is proof because it shows the dedication she had to help people. She freed 38 slaves using the underground rail world (Doc B) Adapted from Harriet Tubman: Run to Freedom by Catherine Clinton, 2004, This is evidence of her time as a freedom conductor being a great achievement because she freed many slaves. …show more content…
On June 2, 1863, Harriet saved, "800 people [on] that day" (Doc C) Harriet Tubman, as told to her neighbor Emma Paddock Telford, circa 1905. This is proof because of the large number of lives she saved during a mission that used the information she had found as a spy. As a nurse, she would, "bathe the wounds" of soldiers (Doc D), Sarah Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman", 1869. This is evidence because it shows that as a nurse she stopped many people from having their wounds infected and