Emma Ortiz, Mrs. Williams English 11 1 March 2023 The Most Influential African American Harriet Tubman is one of the most influential African American, as she helped free many slaves before the Civil War. Tubman accomplished many things in her life and was successful in everything she did, her priority and passion was to help others. Harriet Tubman to this day is known for being a civil rights leader by showing her strength and courage during her lifetime. Tubman was born on a farm, into slavery, in the state of Maryland close to Pennsylvania which did not allow slavery. She had ten siblings, and she was the only one who was not sold Tubman was able to stay with her parents.Tubman decided she would leave after her mother's white master …show more content…
She wanted to escape, but her husband did not want to go with her. In 1849 she went on her own and escaped; after making it to Pennsylvania she made her new identity. Tubman’s birth name was Araminta, Harriet decided to take her mother’s name and kept her husband's last name, Tubman. knowing the danger ahead and the fear of knowing she could be caught and turned back to slavery she took on her new name and joined a large population of black people. Catherin Clintons says, "...Later in life, she explained her motive for her escape: I had reasoned this out in my mind: there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have, I would have the …show more content…
Her status as a fugitive willing to risk her life, gave her great credibility as a spokeswoman for the abolitionist movement.” (Clinton) Tubman had the passion that helped her want to free all slaves, and even though she was risking her life she did not care and helped many people escape, including her parents. Tubman made it where she would take one yearly trip into the south. While Tubman served as a nurse in the hospital camps in the Coastal South Carolina, Clinton states, "Soldiers who were treated with her herbal remedies credited her with miraculous healing