Correct answer: C) 1850s
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Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave. who had been held in slavery in Maryland. She escaped to Philadelphia in 1849 ... but then went back to rescue her family and help them to freedom. Then she helped extended family members, and eventually was helping many, many slaves to freedom on what became known as the "Underground Railroad" -- a secret network of routes from one safe house to another that aided slaves in their escape. During the 1850s, Tubman directly helped dozens of slaves escape to the North, and provided instructions for escape to dozens more beyond those.
In my opinon i think it would be in the 1850s because at that time The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act allowed fugitive and free slaves in the north to be captured and enslaved. This made Harriet’s job as an Underground Railroad conductor much harder and forced her to lead slaves further north to Canada, traveling at night, usually in the spring or fall when the days were shorter
Nevertheless, it’s believed Harriet personally led at least 70 slaves to freedom, including her elderly parents, and instructed dozens of others on how to escape on their own. She claimed, “I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”
