During the abolitionist movement Harriet Tubman was referred to as the “Moses of her people”, this is because of her tremendous amount of confidence in trying and freeing as many slaves as she could. Harriet Tubman contributed help in freeing nearly 100 slaves, She faced the challenges of a permanent disease as a slave, and she inspired others to join the movement through her example. Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross, Minty, Maryland. Her parents were Harriet Green and Benjamin Ross. When she was young she was often sold out by her owner to do work, this is how she found love for the outdoors. However, when she was twelve she suffered an injury which resulted in a lifetime case of narcolepsy where she would randomly fall asleep, with her strong connection to God. Though she thought it was from Him, she often trusted them to tell her the way to go while on the Underground Railroad. In 1844 she married her …show more content…
In “A Beacon of Resilience and Love: Harriet Tubman” the editors explain the event that happened when Tubman tried to intervene in the beating of a slave who failed to escape, they wrote, “Harriet’s good deed left her with headaches and narcolepsy the rest of her life, causing her to fall into a deep sleep at random.” Though the event left her at a disadvantage she was able to turn it around. In “Harriet Tubman: Facts, Underground Railroad, and Legacy” editors quoted Harriet Tubman, “The weight broke my skull. They carried me to the house, all bleeding and fainting. I had no bed, no place to lie down on at all, and they laid me on the seat of the loom, and I stayed there all day and the next” Many on the plantation thought that she would surely die because of the injury but she kept going and left her mark throughout history. Harriet Tubman was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, she also did many other big things that made her name