LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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She led abolitionist conventions.
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She led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
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She told her story of slavery in a book.
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She wrote an abolitionist newspaper.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tubman made the choice for freedom and fled the bonds of slavery by running away to the North via the Underground Railroad, a network of people who helped enslaved persons safely escape from slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tubman used various methods and paths to escape slavery and to go back and rescue others. She relied on trustworthy people, Black and white, who hid her, told her which way to go, and told her who else she could trust. She used disguises; she walked, rode horses and wagons; sailed on boats; and rode on real trains.
Detailed explanation-3: -Known as the “Moses of her people, ” Harriet Tubman was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading enslaved people to freedom before the Civil War, all while carrying a bounty on her head. But she was also a nurse, a Union spy and a women’s suffrage supporter.
Detailed explanation-5: -Harriet Tubman escaped slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1849. She then returned there multiple times over the next decade, risking her life to bring others to freedom as a renowned conductor of the Underground Railroad.