Why Did Harriet Tubman Escape To Freedom

Harriet Tubman was a phenomenal woman. She helped many slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad. She became prominent as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad during the merciless 1850s. She helped in many ways: Being a liberator of the slaves, being a spy, and a nurse in the civil war, and an Abolitionist. During her time as a slave, she was against slavery. She defended a fellow field hand from getting hit with a two pound weight. Even when she was hit in the head with this weight, she never quit being against slavery. She helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom and she never lost a single one. Two things kept her going, her belief in God and the pistol on her side. She also used it as a symbol to instruct slaves