Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman has never known what it means to be free. Having been born and raised into slavery, she works hard and does as she is told. However, she longs to be free and hopes to escape to the "promise land." After hearing about an "underground railroad" and learning of a Quaker woman up the river who helps slaves "get on," Harriet tells her father she is escaping. He fears for he life and tells her there isn't really an underground railroad, but she is determined to go. Once at the Quaker woman's home, Harriet learns that the Underground Railroad is a route guided by "conductors" to the North. She goes forward and makes it to the main station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once there, she is surprised to learn of the many different routes slaves are able to take to freedom. Hearing of her sister and family's proceeding sale, Harriet vows she will never be free until her family is free. Against the stationmaster's warnings, she heads South. Harriet continues to go back and forth from the North to the South and becomes known as the "Moses of her people" with a reward posted for her for $40,000. Harriet is able to successfully rescue her entire family, as well as 300 slaves on 17 dangerous missions to the Confederate South. ^[1] 

哈麗雅特·塔布曼從來不知道自由意味着什麼。出生併成長為奴隸後，她努力工作，按吩咐去做。然而，她渴望自由，希望逃到“應許之地”在聽説了一條“地下鐵路”和一個教友派教徒婦女幫助奴隸“上車”的消息後，哈麗特告訴她的父親她正在逃跑。他擔心自己的生命，告訴她真的沒有地下鐵路，但她決心去。一次在貴格會婦女的家裏，哈麗特得知地下鐵路是一條由“售票員”引導到北方的路線。她往前走，到達賓夕法尼亞州費城的主要車站。一旦到了那裏，她驚訝地得知奴隸們可以走許多不同的路去獲得自由。聽到姐姐和家人的拍賣，哈麗雅特發誓，在家人自由之前，她永遠不會自由。她不顧站長的警告，朝南方走去。哈麗雅特繼續從北方到南方來回奔波，被稱為“她民族的摩西”，懸賞4萬美元徵集她。哈麗特能夠成功地拯救她的整個家庭，以及300名奴隸，執行17次危險的南部邦聯任務。