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Portrait of America Volume 1 by Stephen B. Oates and Charles J. Errico Bound for Canaan: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, & the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman once said, “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the starts to change the world.” That quote is about her because her dream of freeing the slaves began with a dreamer and that dreamer is herself. I would have to say that Harriet would remember this quote every time she would travel via the Underground Railroad to save slaves. Harriet always must remember that inside her she has the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Born in 1822 to enslaved parents Araminta Ross grew up living in slavery on a farm not far from the Eastern Shore in Maryland. At 13 years old, she had …show more content…

Tubman did the Underground Railroad journey at least 13 times and one of the couples that she had brought to freedom was her own parents. In addition, as a conductor of the Underground Railroad for 8 years, Harriet could say what most conductors could not say. That was, “I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.” That is in fact extremely impressive seeing that they would travel at night, traveled mainly in the cold months of the year, had a huge risk of being caught, and many other things. However, I do not know if we can give full credit to Tubman for her efforts with the Underground Railroad. One may ask why I say that. I say that because when the Bowleys met up with Tubman (they met up because the wife of John Bowley, Kessiah Bowley’s aunt was Harriet), both Harriet and John planned their daring rescue together. John and Harriet planned it together so for all we know John planned most of the rescue yet Harriet took the credit for

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