RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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She had escaped slavery herself.
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She worked closely with many people who owned slaves.
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She had experience driving trains.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad’s “conductors.” During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass, in all of her journeys she “never lost a single passenger."
Detailed explanation-2: -This early 1860s painting called A Ride for Liberty depicts runaway slaves attempting to escape. Tubman decided to help others run away because she believed their freedom was more important than her own safety and that it was her responsibility to help those who could not rescue themselves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tubman herself used the Underground Railroad to escape slavery. In September 1849, fearful that her owner was trying to sell her, Tubman and two of her brothers briefly escaped, though they didn’t make it far. For reasons still unknown, her brothers decided to turn back, forcing Tubman to return with them.