Did you know that a slave herself managed to free even 50 slaves from the jaws of slavery? Slavery was a method of forced labor, primarily used on black people in the US. Harriet Tubman was born a slave, and was shipped off to different masters. The abuse that was brought onto her turned her heart to escape, but she wasn’t the only one she wanted to smuggle out of the South. Harriet Tubman was a slave, and if she was ever seen by the wrong person, she would be killed. Harriet worked as a spy, in and out of war, and even though she faced setbacks and challenges, her bravery in the sense of life or death, proved to gain the support of many people.
Harriet Tubman contributed to abolitionism by helping free slaves in the south. She did this despite