Post by Nubian Zuri* on Apr 20, 2009 12:12:58 GMT -5
on this date April 20 H. Tubman begain her journey on the Underground Railroad.
Tubman with Railroad Passengers On this date in 1853, Harriet Tubman began her work with the Underground Railroad . This was a network of antislavery activists who helped slaves escape from the South.
On her first trip, Tubman brought her own sister and her sister's two children out of slavery in Maryland. A year later she rescued her brother, and in 1857 returned to Maryland to guide her aged parents to freedom.
Over a period of ten years Tubman made an estimated 19 expeditions into the South and personally escorted about 300 slaves to the North
Reference:
The Encyclopedia Britannica,
www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/2887/The_Underground_Railroad_Free_at_Last
Tubman with Railroad Passengers On this date in 1853, Harriet Tubman began her work with the Underground Railroad . This was a network of antislavery activists who helped slaves escape from the South.
On her first trip, Tubman brought her own sister and her sister's two children out of slavery in Maryland. A year later she rescued her brother, and in 1857 returned to Maryland to guide her aged parents to freedom.
Over a period of ten years Tubman made an estimated 19 expeditions into the South and personally escorted about 300 slaves to the North
Reference:
The Encyclopedia Britannica,
www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/2887/The_Underground_Railroad_Free_at_Last
