Harriet Tubman Before The Civil War

Harriet Tubman was born a slave named Araminta Ross during the year of 1820. She was able to escape twenty-nine years later to start the Underground Railroad and help other slaves escape. Also, because she was an abolitionist before the Civil War, she became a spy for the
Union Army. Because of all her great accomplishments, it was revealed that Harriet Tubman would be the new face of the twenty-dollar bill. (Biography)
As many people can guess, Harriet’s childhood as a slave was not easy. Her sisters were sold away by her master. Also, along with many other slaves, her and her family faced violence on a daily basis. She was even hurt so badly as a young child that she had permanent problems from the injuries. Her most serious one happened
Because of all of these cruelties, she experienced seizures, headaches, and narcoleptic episodes. Then, when she had one of her intense dreams, she counted it as a religious experience. (Biography)
In 1849, Harriet escaped and fled, leaving behind everyone she loved. Although she made it out and was free, she made it back to the South as little as nineteen times so she could free not only her family and husband, but hundreds of slaves. By using her native knowledge and endless amount of courage, Tubman was able to outwit the bounty hunters after the reward of forty thousand dollars to capture her. Harriet was supported and kept grounded by only two things, the pistol she always kept by her side and her deep faith in God. With these things, she was able to keep all the fugitives safe or threaten them if they wanted to go back. (History)
As the Civil War broke out, Tubman helped the Union Army any chance she got by being a nurse, scout, and even a spy. She spent more than three years nursing both the white and black ill and injured soldiers and contrabands in Florida and the Carolinas. Because Tubman was unrecognizable with a bandana on her head and missing front teeth, she was able to move in