How Did Harriet Tubman Fought Slavery
Before Harriet Tubman became a great conductor of the Underground Railroad, she was a slave in Maryland. Harriet was born into slavery around 1820 and worked as a slave throughout her childhood. She later married a free man, John Tubman, in 1844. Although she was married to a free man she was still a slave. Until one day in 1849, when she decided to run away from her plantation to become free. She escaped, using the help of the Underground Railroad, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once she became free, she decided to make trips the south to help others break free of slavery as well. Harriet Tubman took 19 treacherous trips to the south and helped free over 300 slaves. She fought slavery through the entirety of her life, passing away peacefully