Harriet Tubman was an important figure in American History as a former slave who escaped from the harsh life of a slave to become an abolitionist, she aided many slaves attain their freedom by means of the Underground Railroad. Today she is described as the “conductor” of the Underground Railroad leading hundreds of slaves to freedom. Tubman once said “I freed a thousand slaves, I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” Although she faced a lot of obstacles like staying illiterate her whole life, she had to deal with her narcolepsy and trying to stay away from slave patrols she still achieved to free as many slaves as she could.
Harriet Tubman’s real name was Araminta Ross, her mother called her “minty”. Her parents
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In 1844, Harriet married John Tubman a free African American. Their marriage wasn't a legally bound it was an informal arrangement. The Fugitive Slave Law as part of the Compromise Act of 1850 made Tubman re-route The Underground Railroad to Canada and made her job more dangerous. In 1852, she discovered his husbands infidelity. In 1861, the Civil War started and Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the US. Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. In 1865, the Civil War came to an end; they assassinate Lincoln and the 13th Amendment to Constitution abolishes slavery. Harriet returned home to Auburn, New York. In 1867, Harriet got the news of her former husband’s death. He had been killed in an altercation with a white man, Robert Vincent. In 1868, the 14th Amendment to Constitution grants citizenship to former slaves. In 1869 she met Nelson Davis, he looked for shelter in her home. He was a slave in North Carolina and he served as a soldier in the Civil War. Davis and Tubman got married on March 18,1869 at the Presbyterian Church in Auburn. The 15th Amendment to constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of race. In 1874, they