Harriet Tubman

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Harriet Tubman

• Conductor on the Underground Railroad

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Harriet Tubman

• Born as a slave in Maryland
• Suffered a head injury
• Escaped in 1849
• Returned 19 times to help others escape
• Was part of the underground railroad

(1820?-1913)
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THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

• Network of people who helped African-American
  slaves escape
• Operated before and during Civil War
• Conductors led slaves from safe house to safe
  house
• Destination free states in the North
• Conductors went to Canada after 1850
• Network ended with Civil War in 1863

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The Underground Railroad
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• The Underground Railroad

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Harriet Tubmans codename was Moses Why is she
compared with this biblical figure?
.guided African Americans to the North
-led Hebrews Out of Egypt
Guided Slaves to freedom
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Tubmans Accomplishments

• Led over 300 slaves to freedom
• Never was captured
• Helped the Union Army
• Became a womens rights activist
• Started a home for poor African-Americans
• Assisted in raising funds for schools for blacks.

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Bibliography

• McCabe, Suzanne. Harriet Tubman and the Freedom
  Train. Junior Scholastic 12/13/2002, Vol. 105
  Issue 9, p12, EBSCO Publishing. 1/11/05.
  http//search.epnet.com.
• Peterson, Robert W. The Underground Railroad.
  Prentice Hall Literature Timeless Voices,
  Timeless Themes. Ed. Diamond, Linda et al. Upper
  Saddle River, NJ Pearson Education, Inc., 2002.
  215-216.
• Scruggs, Otey M. "Tubman, Harriet." World Book
  Online Reference Center. 2005. World Book, Inc.
  11 Jan. 2005. .