"There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other"
(Tubman). This shows that Harriet Tubman is very passionate about freedom and liberty. Dedication was the most important leadership quality for Tubman because she did what was best for everyone in order to be free, including planning the trip and safe houses, and no matter what gave the followers courage and urged them on. Dedication was the most essential quality of leadership because if you are not passionate about being a good leader then you won't be one. An example of the key quality of leadership is when Tubman dedicated her time to carefully plan out the trip to Canada. One piece of evidence that shows dedication is when "she had been in
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Another example of this key quality is when Tubman wanted to make sure slaves knew what freedom feels like. Another piece of evidence that shows this quality is when Tubman "was determined the more and more slaves should know what freedom was like" (Petry par.8). Dedication was important in this case because she was determined to reach her goal of freeing as many slaves as she could. The last example of this key quality is when Tubman made sure the slaves she rescued had courage. piece of evidence that shows this is when "she would have to instill courage into these eleven people" (Petry par.12). Dedication was important in this case because Tubman liked to motivate the slaves she rescued and was passionate about that.
Tubman was different yet very similar to her followers because she wanted freedom just like they did but didn't give up like her followers wanted to. One difference between Tubman and her followers was that eventually one follower wanted to give up, but she was determined and never gave up. An example of this is when a follower said he wanted to go back but, Harriet couldn't risk him giving them away so she