Harrie Harriet Tubman And The Underground Railroad

With slavery dating back to the early 1400s there has always been attempts made by slaves to escape to freedom. These attempts, even with careful planning and the perfect opprotunity usually ended in failure. But with hate for slavery started spreading and the rise of the abolitionists in the North the number of escape attempts began to rise. But this time the slaves had help. Abolitionists in both the North and South began to construct secret escape routes for slaves. They called it the Underground Railroad, although it wasn’t really a railroad. It was a network of anti-slavery men and woman who would provide escapies with directions, sanctuary and any help they needed on their way to the North. These abolitionists called themselves Conductors.

It is believed to be a song that was used to communicate hidden codes and instructions to runaway slaves. It was a code name for the Big Dipper star formation which points to the Pole Star in to the North. The song and story played an important role in civil rights and revival movements in the 1950s-1960s
She was born into slavery in maryland. Her master was exceptionally cruel and had already had disobedient slaves mutated and there limbs amputated. Angered by this harsh treatment and a thirst for justice she ran away from the plantation. She succesfully reached the north and freedom. She did not stop there, Harriet then went back to free her family and a few other friends and bring them to the north. She kept going back and helped over 300 slaves escape in the process. For this she is remembered as the Moses of her people and continues to remain a figure of awe and