How Did Harriet Tubman's Life Lead Her To The Underground Railroad?

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”,(Tubman). Around the year 1820, Harriet Tubman was born into slavery. She had always known there was more to her life than being someone being another person’s property. She also wanted to help change the world for the better. As well as her people. The Underground Railroad was her calling, it was what gave her purpose to her life. To help free slaves and show them there was a better life than what they were living. In my research paper I will be explaining and going into detail about how Harriet Tubman’s life lead her to the Underground Railroad and why she continued going

The Underground Railroad is a path that goes through foreteen Northern states and “the promised land” of Canada that has a slave free government protecting all slaves who went into Canada. Slaves were free from any slave bounty hunters looking for them to be sold. The Underground Railroad was not a train that ran Underground. It was given this name because of how secretive it was and the railway terms used when talking about it. For example, the homes of people who hid slaves were called stations and the actual people who aided the runaway slaves were called conductors. Tubman is known as one of the most famous conductors.Harriet made her first trip back to the South to free her family, this was the start of the many other trips she would make to help other slaves become free. The trip she took herself was over 90 miles long and nobody's quite sure how long it took. She freed over 300 slaves. Some she guided, others followed her instructions. “Mah people mus’ go free,”(Tubman). Harriet Tubman said many things that went along the lines of her trying to free her people and make a difference.Another quote from her that showed how much she loved her person,“I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”(Tubman). Tubman’s route that she took on most of her 19 trips was the one out of Maryland. She would first take her group up the Eastern Shores of Maryland into Delaware on foot. From there they would travel to Philadelphia or places in Southeastern Pennsylvania. After this some traveled farther North, some settled in New York or Massachusetts and others continued to Canada. Another of Tubman’s missions that is well known for freeing slaves is her raids on the plantation homes that were located along the Combahee River in South Carolina.Colonel James