Harriet Tubman was a strong and independent women who changed many lives for the best. Harriet was born in Dorchester, Maryland in the 1820’s. She was known as the “Moses” of her people. Harriet was made a conductor in the underground railroad, unknown to her she would become one of the most famous conductors known in American history. Being born into slavery she was determined to get out with her family and friends. Many people wonder what Tubman did as a slave and how that impacted her life forever. She was born into slavery and by the age of five she was sent out as a caregiver and whipped daily. Tubman never learned how to read or write which would make it harder for her to escape later in her life. “When she was a slave she had said that God spoke to her in times of pain”-Biography.com. She recalls a time when she was younger where she wouldn’t help her owner with another slave's punishment. The slave had started to run off which then lead the slave owner to throw an iron weight at the runaway slave but he missed and hit Harriet. Tubman was left with seizures that she would suffer from for the rest of her life. She finally decided to escape when she overheard that she was going to be sold away from her family. When she finally she made …show more content…
Over the years Harriet learned tricks to get fugitives to the North without being caught. She would usually take them on a Sunday at night so they would be unnoticed and the missing slaves report wouldn’t be printed until Monday. Harriet would also would look for things such as a lit candle in the window to see if the house was safe to stay at for the night. “She would take slaves in carriages by saying they were goods yet they were hidden underneath” -America’s Library Gov. In total she saved more than 300 people and made 19 trips to