Harriet Tubman was once a slave but she escaped into freedom. She wanted to help other slaves get to experience the freedom that she was experiencing. The road to freedom was long and toilsome, but in the end it was worth it. The slaves would get news around and hear stories about the underground railroad. Information about where to go, who to see and what time to be there and see them. Often the slave masters would hear about it and would catch them in the act of trying to escape or chase them until the pursuers could not run anymore. The escapees would call her Moses because she would lead them out of slavery. She would never lose a passenger, so as long as you had her as your guide, you knew that you would be safe. When you started to give out of strength she would push you on, and if you talked of going back out of frustration or desperation for security she would threaten you. She was smart and knew how to keep them moving on no matter what they felt. She was by far the biggest leader in the underground railroad- she was the underground railroad- and she saved over 300 people out of slavery.
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