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Harriet Tubman was born a slave in 1820-1821. She fled once her owner died and reached Philadelphia. She was one of the famous conductors that lead the Underground Railroad. Free African Americans and white abolitionists developed a secret network of people who would aid fugitive slaves in their escape known as the Underground Railroad. The "conductors" hid fugitives and then lead them to the next "station." Tubman made 19 trips back to the South and is said to have helped 300 slaves flee to freedom. United States. National Park Service. "Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)." //National Parks Service//. U.S. Department of the Interior. Web. 9 Sept. 2015. Danzer, Gerald A. //The Americans//. Orlando, Fla.: Holt McDougal ;, 2012. Print.