Harriet Tubman A Hero

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“If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.” People always wonder why Harriet went back for the other slaves. There are many perspectives about Harriet Tubman. For example, white people from the south may see her as a villain for breaking laws. On the other hand African Americans see her as being a hero, for rescuing them from slavery. Although most historians consider Harriet Tubman as being a villain in the South, in reality she was one of the best heroes for the North during that time period.

Harriet Tubman went from escaping slavery to becoming a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Harriet …show more content…

She was hit in the head with a two-pound weight, leaving her with a lifetime of severe headaches and narcolepsy. The moment Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and became a free women is the same exact moment her road to heroism began. Just in a ten year span she was able to save three hundred slaves and not one got left behind or lost . Harriet was so good at what she was doing that once the southerners recognized what was going on they placed a forty thousand dollar bounty on her dead or …show more content…

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Various Authors. "Harriet Tubman." Contemporary Black Biography. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale, 1995. Student Resources in Context. Web. 16 Nov.

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