The Train Without Tracks

What is the underground railroad? No, not a train, but it did carry many people. It was an escape plan. In the 19th century, many black people were slaves. It was a horrible life, especially for little Harriet Tubman. She was born in the year of 1821. As a child, she was whipped, yelled at and abused from her various masters. She even once as a little girl, suffered a head wound from a heavy metal weight, meant to be thrown at another slave. She grew up to become a civil war spy and eventually escaped slavery. After she escaped, she made 13 missions to save more than 70 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
By 1850,more than 100,000 slaves had escaped via the "railroad." It was very hard, and the only guide they had, were the stars. That is all they used and they followed "the Drinking Gourd" or the big dipper. They traveled many many miles, just for their freedom. They walked blazing hot days, and freezing nights, but they kept on walking, and hoping, and made it.