The actions of Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett, and William Still exemplify the themes of freedom and sacrifice. Tubman was a conductor for the Underground Railroad, Garrett was a quaker who had a safe house on the Underground Railroad, and Still managed a group of people designed to aid fugitive slaves. These people helped many slaves escape the south and gave them a new life. Harriet Tubman would lead slaves to the north and this came with many hardships. Harriet Tubman was a conductor for the Underground Railroad, meaning that she led people north to achieve freedom. She was influential to the Underground Railroad because she led around three hundred slaves to freedom. She went against the law to give fugitive slaves a chance at a new life. Also, she already had freedom, but wanted to risk it just to free the runaway slaves. Tubman was on her trip leading twelve fugitives to Canada, a place she had never gone to. “She had never been in Canada, but she kept painting wondrous word pictures of what it would be like” (443). This quote…show more content… He was influential to the Underground Railroad because he would provide a place for fugitive slaves to stay and receive food. He was very giving to the slaves and would give shoes to all slaves that passed through his station stop. Also, he felt empathetic of them because of their situation. “He was a friend of all fugitives. He called the God’s poor”(443). Thomas Garrett wanted the slaves to feel freedom, so he would help them the best he could. Garrett was putting himself as well as the people around him in danger. “These people who had risked their own security to help runaways would be ruined, fined, imprisoned”(446). This demonstrates that Garrett was sacrificing safety in order to help liberate the slaves. Thomas Garrett was a pioneer in the quaker community and exemplified the themes of sacrifice and
