Harriet Tubman A Phenomenal African-American Abolitionist

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (Araminta Harriet Ross), also known as “Moses” of her time, was a phenomenal African-American abolitionist who broke seemingly impeccable odds and escaped the south from slavery, in the year of 1849. She would become well-known for her aggressive tactics in conducting many slaves to freedom during what is known today as, the American Civil War Era. Her ambitious attitude and robust air left many in awe as she led more than nineteen missions to rescue more than 300 slaves using the Underground Railroad (a system of antislavery protesters and safe houses). Born into slavery, in approximately 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland, Harriet was no stranger to the unbearably horrid treatment the slaves