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Transcript: I am a conductor on the Underground Railroad. If you see the light, you are welcome to follow me north to freedom.

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Harriet Tubman

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Talk to the woman who outsmarted an empire. Learn how to overcome fear, build unshakeable resolve, and take action when the stakes are highest.

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Underground Railroad

Guided roughly seventy enslaved friends and family members to freedom over thirteen perilous trips.

Civil War Spy

Gathered critical intelligence for the Union Army behind Confederate lines in South Carolina.

Military Commander

Became the first woman to lead an armed assault during the Civil War at Combahee Ferry.

Suffrage Activist

Campaigned alongside Susan B. Anthony to demand equal voting rights for women.

Philanthropist

Dedicated her final years and personal resources to opening a home for elderly African Americans.

Meet Harriet Tubman

When you face overwhelming odds, Harriet Tubman offers a masterclass in courage and strategy. Born into slavery in Maryland around 1822, she escaped to Philadelphia in 1849. She did not stop there. Tubman returned to the South roughly thirteen times, using the Underground Railroad to rescue about seventy family members and friends. During the Civil War, she served as a Union spy, nurse, and the first woman to lead an armed assault, liberating over seven hundred people at Combahee Ferry. Later in life, she fought for women's suffrage and opened a home for the elderly. Through her, you can learn how to turn deep conviction into precise, unstoppable action.

LeadershipCourageFreedom

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Portrait of Harriet Tubman

I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

— Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah H. Bradford (1869)

Topics Harriet can help with

The themes Harriet knows best — pick one as a starting point for your conversation.

Calculated Risk

Learn how to assess danger, plan contingencies, and execute high-stakes missions without hesitation.

Unshakeable Resolve

Discover how to anchor yourself in your core beliefs when facing impossible choices or systemic injustice.

Tactical Leadership

Explore strategies for leading small, vulnerable groups through hostile territory using stealth and discipline.

Lifelong Service

Understand the transition from fighting immediate battles to building long-term community support systems.

A life in key moments

Swipe through the turning points — 7 moments that shaped Harriet.

  1. c. 1822

    Birth

    A rustic wooden cabin sits among the marshlands of Maryland under soft light.

    Birth on the Eastern Shore, c. 1822

    Born Araminta Ross into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland.

  2. 1849

    Escape from Slavery

    Harriet Tubman navigates a dense forest at night, guided by the bright North Star overhead.

    Escape from Slavery, 1849

    Fled her enslavers in Maryland and traveled ninety miles north to Philadelphia.

  3. 1850

    First Rescue Mission

    Harriet Tubman leads a small group stealthily through tall marsh grass at dusk.

    First Rescue Mission, 1850

    Returned to Maryland to guide her niece and her niece's family to freedom.

  4. 1858

    Meeting John Brown

    Harriet Tubman speaks intently with John Brown inside a dimly lit parlor.

    Meeting John Brown, 1858

    Met abolitionist John Brown and helped him recruit supporters for his raid on Harpers Ferry.

  5. 1863

    Combahee River Raid

    Union steamboats move along a river as crowds run toward the water's edge to board.

    The Combahee River Raid, 1863

    Guided three Union steamboats around Confederate mines in South Carolina, freeing over 700 enslaved people.

  6. 1896

    Suffrage Activism

    Harriet Tubman speaks to a crowded auditorium from behind a wooden podium.

    Women's Suffrage Activism, 1896

    Spoke at the first meeting of the National Association of Colored Women.

  7. 1908

    Home for the Aged

    A two-story white house surrounded by trees stands in upstate New York.

    Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, 1908

    Opened the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged in Auburn, New York.

Methods of Liberation

The Tactical Brilliance Behind the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman did not rely on luck to survive. She operated as a master tactician, using intelligence gathering, psychological warfare, and strict discipline to outwit slave catchers. Her methods transformed a loose network of safe houses into a highly effective extraction operation.

Footprints in deep snow lead across a dark winter landscape into a dense forest.Rule 1

Winter Nights and Saturdays

Exploiting the blind spots of the enslavers.

Navigating winter landscapes

Rule 1

Winter Nights and Saturdays

Tubman orchestrated escapes on Saturday nights. Runaways would not be noticed missing until Monday morning, giving them a critical head start because newspapers could not print runaway notices on Sundays. She also preferred the deep winter, when long, dark nights provided maximum cover and kept most slave catchers indoors.

Why it matters today: Identify the structural blind spots in the systems you oppose.

“Why did you choose to travel during the harshest winter weather?”

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Courage & Fear

Strategy & Tactics

Leadership & Community

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Harriet Tubman quotes — in her own words

12 of the lines Harriet is remembered for, with the source for each one. Pick any quote and ask her what she actually meant by it.

  • “I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would have the other.”

    — Sarah H. Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869), p. 29

  • “I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.”

    — Sarah H. Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869), p. 30

  • “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.”

    — Speech at the New York State Suffrage Association convention, Rochester, New York (1896)

  • “I had crossed the line. I was free, but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land, and my home, after all, was down in Maryland, because my father, my mother, my brothers, and sisters, and friends were there.”

    — Sarah H. Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869), p. 30

  • “I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.”

    — Benjamin Drew, A North-Side View of Slavery (1856), p. 30

  • “We saw the lightning, and that was the guns. And then we heard the thunder, and that was the big guns. And then we heard the rain falling, and that was the drops of blood falling. And when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.”

    — Sarah H. Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869), p. 39

  • “I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.”

    — Benjamin Drew, A North-Side View of Slavery (1856), p. 30

  • “Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You, and You've got to see me through.”

    — Sarah H. Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869), p. 34

  • “I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.”

    — Sarah H. Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869), p. 23

  • “I suffered enough to believe it.”

    — Response when asked if she believed women ought to have the vote, The Woman's Journal (1911)

  • “God's time is always near. He set the North Star in the heavens. He gave me the strength in my limbs. He meant I should be free.”

    — Ednah Dow Cheney, Harriet Tubman, The Freedmen's Record (1865)

  • “Tell the women to stand together, and God will give them the victory.”

    — Final message to suffragists, recorded in the Auburn Citizen, March 11, 1913

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Friendly minds

Teachers, family, students and allies who shaped Harriet.

Portrait of Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAbolitionist and orator

He publicly praised her covert work and shared her deep commitment to ending slavery.

Portrait of John Brown
John BrownAbolitionist militant

He collaborated closely with her and respectfully referred to her as General Tubman.

Portrait of William Henry Seward
William Henry SewardUS Secretary of State

He supported her efforts and sold her the land for her permanent home in New York.

Portrait of Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonySuffragist

She worked alongside Tubman in the long fight for women to gain the right to vote.

Opponents

Rivals, accusers and adversaries who tested Harriet.

Portrait of Jefferson Davis
Jefferson DavisConfederate President

He led the secessionist government that she actively fought against as an armed Union scout.

Portrait of Edward Brodess
Edward BrodessMaryland enslaver

He was the Maryland enslaver who held her in bondage until she escaped to Pennsylvania in 1849.

Portrait of Millard Fillmore
Millard FillmoreUS President

He signed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 which forced her to route freedom seekers all the way to Canada.

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Questions & answers

Did Harriet Tubman really rescue three hundred people?

The figure of three hundred is a common myth. Harriet Tubman herself estimated she guided roughly seventy people to freedom over thirteen trips. She also provided instructions that helped dozens more escape independently.

Did Harriet Tubman say she could have freed a thousand more slaves?

No. The quote claiming she could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves is a modern fabrication. No historical record exists of Harriet Tubman ever saying or writing those words.

Was there really a massive bounty on Harriet Tubman?

The story of a forty thousand dollar bounty on Harriet Tubman is a myth. The only documented reward was a one hundred dollar notice posted by her enslaver shortly after her initial escape in 1849.

What role did Harriet Tubman play in the American Civil War?

Harriet Tubman served the Union Army as a cook, nurse, scout, and spy. She famously became the first woman to lead an armed assault during the war, guiding the Combahee River Raid which liberated over seven hundred people.

When was Harriet Tubman actually born?

While older sources often list her birth year as 1820, modern historians place Harriet Tubman's birth closer to 1822. This updated timeline is based on detailed historical midwife payment records from Dorchester County, Maryland.

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Also known as

Harriet Tubman appears under several names and spellings across languages and sources. You can search for any of these on Xminds:

  • Araminta Ross
  • Minty
  • Moses of her people
  • Moses

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