Harriet Tubman for Kids Learn about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

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Have you ever heard the name Harriet Tubman before? She was an incredible person who did some very brave things. After escaping slavery through the Underground Railroad, she later became known as the Conductor of the Underground Railroad. This is because she went back to the South to help thousands of others like her achieve freedom!

Both of Harriet's parents were slaves, so she was born into slavery herself. She endured a lot of pain and abuse growing up because she was a slave. Some of her siblings were even sold to other plantations. When she was 24, she married a freeman named John Tubman. Around this time, her father was released from slavery at the age of 45. He kept working on the plantation even though he was free because his family was still enslaved.

In 1849, Harriet escaped to Pennsylvania with the help of the Underground Railroad, a network of people, homes, and hiding places that were set up to help slaves escape to the North. In all, about 100,000 people escaped enslavement using this network! After escaping herself, Harriet returned to the South to help others escape, too. She earned the nickname of the Conductor of the Underground Railroad.