Harriet Tubman Research Paper

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The RailRoad To Achievements Most heroes have powers or cool gadgets and sometimes there even rich but if you wanna be a real hero you don't need anything, because this hero doesn't have any fancy powers or any cool expensive gadgets or any fast car just a caring heart and a strong willed mind, her name is Harriet Tubman so let me tell you why she's one of the greatest heroes of the past. In the year about 1822 there's Harriet whos around 12 working as a slave, around 1844 Harriet marries a guy named John and now Harriet becomes Harriet Tubman. In 1849 her master died and Tubman decided to run away but her husband decided not to come with her, so she ran. Harriet Tubman walked and ran from Maryland to Pennsylvania and then 20 more miles to Philadelphia. Over 10-11 years, Tubman went back and forth rescuing slaves walking hundreds of miles. (Background Essay) …show more content…
This helped because if Harriet Tubman wasn't there to sing, the army wouldn't have saved anyone because the slaves wouldn't have any trust. When Harriet Tubman worked for the army, which was about 3 years before the war in South Carolina during the Civil War when she was a spy, well all those years she worked for the U.S, she didn't get paid not once, the reason being most likely since she was a woman is why she didn't get paid, which is not right even if women didn't have as many rights back then. When Tubman was a spy for the army she would walk into enemy territory knowing that if the enemy found her she could die but even at that cost she still helped out hundreds not caring if there were any consequences. In 1863 was this battle which was 1 year into the Civil War. Imagine if you were on enemy lines not getting paid a dime, that's how Harriet Tubman was a brave woman which is only something heroes could