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How did Harriet Tubman hide the slaves that she is freeing?
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she took them to the underground railroad.
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How did Harriet Tubman hide the slaves?
in an underground railroad
How does Harriet Tubman eat when she hide?
she just eats
Why Harriet Tubman was a good example?
Harriet Tubman was an inspiration to help suppressed people find ways to a better life. Later, during the holocaust people helped hide and smuggle Jews in Germany and the surrounding countries, such as Poland.
What did Harriet Tubman do in the US Civil War?
Harriet Tubman escaped at the age of 29 from slavery in Maryland where she was born, when her owner died. She became a conductor for the Underground Railroad and was later a nurse and a spy for the Northern side in the American Civil War. She made 19 different trips from the South, going north to the safety of Canada. She saved 300 slaves. Slaves were hidden in covered carts with false bottoms and driven between the underground railroad 'stations' where they were fed and hidden during daylight hours before moving on. They often had to hide in forests, cross rivers and climb mountains. Slave owners offered a reward of $40,000 for Harriet's capture, but she was never caught. After the war Harriet ran a home for elderly African - Americans until she died in 1903.
What was a conductor with the underground railroad?
Since the underground railroad wasn't a real railroad, but a method for slaves to escape north there wasn't a conductor. Some times people like Harriet Tubman would lead people, but many times they were just told what the next stop was until they got north.
How could slaves get out of slavery?
I know of one way but it wasn't always guaranteed. They could go on the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman is the founder of this. It was not a real "underground" railroad. It was a covered carriage and the slaves would hide under all the crops and things under the cover in the back. Some of them made it out and some could get caught. But that is one way they could get out of slavery.
Who were the conductors in the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman (an escaped slave) and John P. Parker (a freed slave) had each worked to aid other escapees on the "underground railroad," a system of safe houses and guides working with abolitionists in the North. Tubman escaped slavery in Maryland, then returned to guide as many as 300 slaves to freedom. Parker was a freedman when he moved to Ohio in 1845 to help conduct those who fled from Kentucky across the Ohio River.
What challenges did Harriet Tubman face on her quest?
she made it 19 trips in 10 years to save 300 slaves she did this because she didn't think slavery was right and she wanted to all help other people slavery cause our safe from north, no more slaves. All people cause happy safe from north safe place. They never catch Harriet Tubman was very Smart hide place..
Why didn't Harriet Tubman get caught?
Harriet Tubman didn't get caught because the uderground railroad had secert passways and doors. Whenever any white slave owner would be near there would be a gourd to send a secert message to the workers to hide themselves and any slaves that they are with.
How did they help the slaves in the underground railroad?
Because slavery was legal throughout the U.S. and runaway slaves found anywhere were legally supposed to be returned to their owner. The underground railroad, run by abolitionists, gave them transportation and places to hide while they were on the run.
What did Harriet Tubman use to help slaves escape?
Around 1849, Harriet Tubman made two escapes from slavery. First, she and her two brothers escaped after being lent to a neighboring plantation. When her brother learned he had become a father, he forced them all to return with him. Later, Harriet successfully escaped, alone and never returned.
What did Harriet Tubman and Mary Galloway do during the civil war?
These women bravely led escaping southern slaves away from their slave owners. They would hide them and move them from one place to another place. This was called the Underground Railroad. They helped them get to freedom and relocate to new homes and jobs. Some of the slaves were sent to families that sponsored them and help them get their new start. They hid these slaves from the law enforcers and slave owners. They did a good job too because they helped hundreds.
