Harriet Tubman Harriet tubman was a african american slave born in Dorchester County, MD and sadly died in March 10, 1913, Auburn, NY but not only was she african american she was a hero not the kind that wore capes and could carry 3 hundred tons but a hero to all that knew her she did very many great things but some of the things she did was, In 1849 she fled slavery, leaving her husband and family behind in order to escape, Tubman also served as a scout, spy and nurse during the Civil War. but the most inmportant thing she did was she was the conductor of the (underground rilroad) witch slaves used to escape into freedom. In 1849 she fled slavery, leaving her husband and family behind in order to escape, in my oppinion harriet what she did sounds like something you yould never want to do but it ended up helping everybody out .In 1849 things were really tough for african american slaves working till late hours and not getting a decient amont of food. life for them was really bad and sometimes you had to make choices that you really didnt want to have to pick from and choosing to leave her family and spouce was one of them for example just imagine what it would be like to have to pick between leaving ur husband or wife or getting a chance of freedom . …show more content…
around when the war came not only did she "free" lives she also heald them such as her being a nurse , but not only that harriet was good at spying on those who caused harm like as they would call eachother the slaves and the colored she was helping her kind out such as to freedom and also helped those in