Harriet Tubman

Slavery was indeed a very dark time in the history of the United States. Fortunately, many great people helped dismantle the brutal system and help those who suffered from it. Harriet Tubman was one of them. Though born into slavery, she eventually escaped.

Tubman then dedicated her life to securing the freedom of others. She saved over 70 enslaved people from a life of forced servitude thanks to her bravery and the ‘Underground Railroad.’ An ingenious system devised by other like-minded brave souls, the railroad was a network of activists and safe houses which helped bonded labor escape. Tubman was also an army scout during the Civil War.