Analysis Of Harriet Tubman's Essay Conductor On The Underground Railroad

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Freedom: Forever a Challenge In the essay, “Conductor on the Underground Railroad” by Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman uses the phrase, “Freedom’s not bought with dust,” meaning someone has to work for freedom, and it will not be easy. To show this, one slave said, “Let me go back. Let me go back. I am going back” (216). The runaway who said this to Tubman was afraid of his long journey to freedom. After this matter occurred, Harriet Tubman aimed her gun at the prisoner as if to alert the slave to not give up. Tubman told the runaway, “Go on with us or die.” This influenced the laborer to continue its passage to freedom. In addition, Harriet Tubman further expresses her message. For example, Petry writes, “This time she [Harriet Tubman]

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