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How Did Harriet Tubman Contribute To Freedom

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Harriet Tubman
“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.” - Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (originally named Araminta) and her 9 other siblings were born into slavery with no clear escape. Early on Harriet's family was severed when three of her sisters were sold to another plantation. Not long after a trader tried to buy Harriet's youngest brother but her mother managed to convince them otherwise. Her mother’s independence is what inspired Harriet to stand up for herself and her beliefs.
When Harriet was in her adolescence she was out running an errand when she came across another slave who had left the fields …show more content…

She would take groups of around sixteen at a time and claimed that she could have taken more had they known that they were slaves. Slavery was all that they knew so they couldn’t see the bad in it. She would let them go to Canada on their own once they reached the Underground Railroad. She worked leading slaves to freedom for eight years and she was also a nurse, soldier, scout, a spy in the American Civil War and she fought for women's rights. During the Civil War, she was the first women to lead a raid and it freed about 750 slaves. It takes really powerful leadership and organization skills to be able to save so many people. She could convince slaves who she didn’t know to trust and follow …show more content…

She was selfless and risked her life to save others. She survived through slavery, isolation, abuse and harsh racism. When there was a bump in the road, she drove around it. She had a great sense of direction and was very motivational. If one of the people that she was freeing got too tired and insisted that they couldn't go on, she convinced them that it was worth it to keep trying.
I personally believe that Harriet Tubman is one of the most influential leaders to have walked the earth. To be half the leader that she was would be hard to accomplish. She worked hard and devoted her life to helping others. She was even nicknamed “Moses” for her heroic acts.
In the future I hope to be a marriage counsellor and in order to be good at my job I will have to improve upon my assurance skills. If I am to help people, they have to believe that I can do so. Harriet could make people trust her easily. They did what she said and it benefitted them, there is a similar concept in counselling. I also admire her patience and perseverance. If people doubted her she was patient with them and convinced them to keep fighting. In relationship counselling, the first tactic that I try to help them with may not always work so I will have to be able to convince them to keep trying other things. Harriet also knew when enough was enough and this is important as well. When she felt as though her guidance was no longer necessary, she

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