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Harriet Tubman

Justice
Harriet Tubman is a person who demonstrates justice
Justice - impartial and just treatment or behavior without favoritism or
discrimination ; doing what is right

Who led slaves into freedom, served as a spy during the American
Civil War, and became the ‘conductor’ of the Underground Railroad?
The answer is Harriet Tubman, a woman who changed history
through her acts of courage.
Born around the year 1820, Harriet Tubman’s family lived on a
plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. At the age of 5, she was
rented out as a domestic servant. She wasn’t treated well and was
constantly abused. Tubman desired justice and sought out for
fairness.
Contrary to popular belief, Tubman wasn't the one who created the
underground railroad. In the late eighteenth century, it was
established by abolitionists. In 1849, she and her two brothers escaped
north, through a network of escape routes and safe houses. Tubman
believed that if she could have freedom, others deserved so as well.
She went back to the south many times, freeing slaves in the process.

Tubman was never caught and never lost a passenger on the


journey. Overall, Harriet Tubman saved 70 slaves, freeing them and
providing them with justice.

“Slavery is the next thing to hell.” - Harriet Tubman

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