How Did Harriet Tubman Contribute To Freedom

“I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.” This was one of the sayings Harriet Tubman referred to as she risked her own freedom to go into the South and rescue many enslaved people. Born in 1820, in Dorchester Maryland, Harriet Tubman suffered from slavery at a young age as she grew up on Edward Brodas’ plantation with her mother Harriet Green and her father Benjamin Green. She began working as early as the age of 5 and did various chores such as winded yarn, checked muskrat traps, did housekeeping, nursed children, and many more. Tubman continued to work for many other slave owners, until one day when her father got sick and she had to moved to Philadelphia

to take care of him.

In this freed state she temporarily tasted freedom and became determined to have it forever. Since then Tubman became one of the most effective abolitionist in fighting against slavery. She emancipated over 300 slaves from the South-and during the time of the Civil War-and was a former slave herself which made her determined to give freedom to all these slaves. Harriet Tubman did not only verbalize the terrible doings of slavery but additionally took her words to action and that is why she was the most effective abolitionist when fighting against slavery.

Harriet Tubman truly showed her importance and effectiveness when fighting against slavery because she traveled dangerously into the South to help many slaves escape their plantation and reach a safe location. Tubman eventually rescued over 300 people using The Underground Railroad and many of her tactics. One of her strategies was that she would help the slaves escape right after the Saturday paper so they would have enough time until Monday before their disappearance would be in the papers. Tubman also wore disguises, rode in a horse and buggy, and sang songs to warn the

slaves of her appearance when she was ready to rescue them. These strategies benefited Harriet Tubman’s ability to free many slaves by saving her time and reassuring her capability to stay hidden. Tubman never got caught or lost a slave and helped emancipate and bring many slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a very effective abolitionist because she made many enslaved peoples' dream of freedom come true by jeopardizing her life to go into the South and bring them to a safe location by using various techniques to smoothly execute these plans. She also worked for the Union Army as a Nurse, cook, and scouting agent during the Civil War. She secretly hunted rebel camps and reported on any movement. She helped many black soldiers obtain their liberty by hiding them on the gunboats which would take them to areas that didn’t allow slavery. Harriet Tubman helped over 750 slaves become free during the war without the Union suspecting a thing. This courageous woman accomplished saving numerous enslaved people by bringing them to a safe area and giving them the life they have always wanted. Tubman not only spoke about these terrible actions that were happening to these slaves but she also took her words to action by risking her life and freedom to give others their own and that is why she is the most effective abolitionist when fighting against slavery.

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery and began working for other plantations at the age of 5. She performed many jobs some of them including winding yarn, checking muskrat traps, housekeeping, splitting fence rails, loading timber, and nursing children. Most of the time Tubman wouldn’t please her owners when completing her tasks and she would go home sick or beaten. She was even split up from many of her siblings, was threatened to be sold down into the deep South, and was hit with an iron lead-weight that disabled her with Narcolepsy. Tubman finally had enough of this and decided to run away in the middle of the night and escaped to Philadelphia using the Underground Railroad. Harriet had lived the life most slaves were living and had experienced all of the terrible things they had also experienced. Hard labor, treated unfairly, and not getting the education they deserved. Tubman understood the value of these people and how important their liberty was to them which made her devoted to helping as many slaves as she could.

Harriet Tubman is such a great abolitionist because she understands and how poorly these slaves were treated and wanted each one to have liberty.