This is what Harriet Tubman said about her time working with the Underground Railroad."I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger." (“Harriet Tubman” Contemporary Black Biography). Harriet Tubman was a former slave and during her early 20’s she became free. She contributed to the underground railroad, and helped save over 300 slaves by bringing them from the South to the North. Children's books were made based off The Underground Railroad, and it is a historical event that is taught to many students. Harriet Tubman went through a lot during her lifetime from the start of her childhood, to hardships during the time she rose to fame, and to the end of her lifetime where her legacy moved all. Harriet Tubman’s parents were …show more content…
The consequence of that has cost her, the overseer was attempting to throw a 2 lb weight and the escaping man, but instead the weight missed the man and ended up hitting her instead. It hit her in the head and that resulted in her being in a coma for weeks, but she was able to recover from that. This incident led to her having to deal with sleeping problems, such as sporadically falling asleep numerous times throughout the day, and recollecting strange dreams. (“Harriet Tubman”) During her early adulthood (age 24) she found out her mother was freed by her previous owner, and she never got word about it. She tried to bring it to court, but they would accept her case because so much time had passed by (“Harriet Tubman”). Harriet Tubman escaped to the North and that is when her journey to becoming famous started. She escaped to Pennsylvania, but she still wasn’t safe because of the Fugitive State Law of 1850 being implemented. This law “which made it easier for southern slaveholders' efforts to recover runaway slaves” (Maxwell). She became a part of the abolitionist movement, and becoming friends with William Still and white abolitionist Thomas Garrett who were the leaders of The Underground Railroad (Maxwell). This is what led to her getting involved with The Underground Railroad and helping with freeing slaves from the