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(Tubman). Harriet Tubman was a big help in the Civil War. Harriet was a successful nurse in the Civil War, because of her ability to cure soldier’s of dysentery by using special herbs. Harriet Tubman was also the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war. Harriet guided the Combahee River Raid, the raid consisted of 300 free African soldiers on 3 gun boats to liberate more than 700 enslaved Africans in South Carolina. (30 …show more content…
They chose the houses of the people that are willing to help them out and not sell them out. (History). The way the slaves knew the Northern people would help them is if they show a secret kind of code telling them that they are a friend, and that they would help them escape. When they were escaping they chose houses that had a quilt that had a pattern or they would chose the house that showed a picture of a slave, holding a lantern. (History)
The people that made the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was created by former runaway slaves, free-born blacks, Native Americans, and white and black abolitionists. (Underground). There were many conductors in the Underground Railroad, but the main two people were John Walker, a guy who was a sea captain, but unfortunately he was arrested by getting caught trying to save fugitive slaves, and then there was Harriet Tubman, one of the main conductor in the Underground Railroad. There were also many abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, William Wilberforce, William Lloyd Garrison, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. (Underground)
So as we can see, Harriet Tubman was a powerful person whom was a massive part in conducting the underground railroad, helped heal people, and was a leader in the Civil War and inspired those fighting alongside