There are many reasons why Harriet Tubman's time on the Underground Railroad was her greatest achievement. After Tubman escaped, she decided to spend the next eleven years of her life helping others escape slavery. The journeys would take weeks to get to Canada or the northern states. The gaps between the missions grew towards the end as it became …show more content…
Tubman devoted those years to helping many friends and family find better lives. Throughout those years Tubman saved many of her friends and family, her parents, and five of her brothers. Getting her family to a better place inspired her to keep going and helping others, even if it was different. During Tubman's time as a conductor, she made the journey eight times. Tubman and the slaves she would rescue had to go on foot through rivers, for hundreds of miles they would risk hunters catching them. Other things like foot pain, disease, and snakes often make the journey much harder. Every journey is different for Tubman. There was never a stone path that would assure Tubman and her passengers would get there safe or even alive. Many things could have killed Tubman and her passengers, but she kept going, not knowing what could happen, and the bounty on her head did not slow her down. In her eleven years, she rescued many family members, including five brothers and her parents, over the years the ending destinations got farther north. On Tubman's last few trips, she stuck to the same starting and ending points. Tubman also had to drug many babies so they would stay quiet throughout the journey. The countless lives