Harriet Tubman During The Civil War

Harriet Tubman, born in 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland, was a runaway slave from Maryland. Over the length of 10 years, she led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. She later became the leader of the Abolitionist movement and was a spy for the federal forces during the Civil War. In 1849, Harriet became worried that her master was going to sell her and other slaves on the plantation so after her husband, John Tubman, refused to run away with her, her and her two brothers followed the North Star in the sky to guide them to the north. Her brothers became frightened so they turned back but when she reached Philadelphia she found work as a servant and saved up all of her money so she could return and help other slaves