USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway recounts the life story of Harriet Tubman – freedom seeker, Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, suffragist, human rights activist, and one of Maryland’s most famous daughters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who was Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom in the North along the route of the Underground Railroad.

Detailed explanation-4: -Later in her life, she became formally involved in the Suffrage and Women’s Rights movement. Captain John Brown: A prominent abolitionist; Tubman helped Brown plan the raid on a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry where he was attacked and killed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Our Headlines and Heroes blog takes a look at Harriet Tubman as the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. Tubman and those she helped escape from slavery headed north to freedom, sometimes across the border to Canada.