Harriet Tubman Research Paper

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What Was Harriet Tubman's Greatest Achievement?

You may have heard the name Harriet Tubman, but do you know her story? Almost all of us know that she was a slave, one that escaped, but did you know that she also freed about 38 slaves in 8 trips, all in the dark of night. Also, did you know that she helped plan a military assault that freed more than 700 slaves?

Born in 1822 Harriett was a slave, she started working at the age of 7 until she was 27, which is 20 years of hard work. When she was around 27, Harriet escaped in the middle of the night. Leaving her family, friends, and her husband. Over the course of 10 years, Harriet would return about 8 times to save other slaves. Later in life, she would accomplish being a spy, working on the underground railroad, being a nurse, and even a caretaker. So now that you know about Harriet Tubman, what do you think was her greatest accomplishment? I think that Harriet Tubman's greatest accomplishment was doing the Underground Railroad.
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In 1863 Harriet led a raid to help slaves escape. (doc c) the raid helped 800 slaves escape, after the attack she took 100 men to the recruiting office and enlisted them in the army, Harriet did all of this work and had no pay at all. In the same year, Harriet was also a nurse (doc d) for the wounded soldiers, she would repeat the process of washing their wounds and swatting the flys off their wounds almost all day. During the last years of her life, she was a caretaker, she would house 6 to 8 people in her