September 17th, 1849. On that night, a black slave and her two brothers escaped from the drudges of slavery. The girl had suffered greatly at the hands of her masters, even so much as suffering significant head injuries from violent beatings that handicapped her for life. Despite this, she was running. Her master, a man by the name of Brodess had died, and his wife, seeing her skills diminishing and finding her more and more useless, sought to sell her. So she ran. Although she successfully escaped, she went back, only to really escape the second time. Along with a third, and a fourth. In total, this woman would save around 70 of her friends and family, along with being a nurse, and spy for the Union during the Civil War. After the war, she would go on to become a women’s rights activist. Also, she …show more content…
They were a direct pipeline of information, but those who dared, who held within themselves a new level of bravery and humanity by going back to the very source of their sorrow and oppression. This highly dangerous expedition required former slaves or freedmen and women to go back and forth, funneling information in secrecy from one side to the other. Such a treacherous task often required a significant amount of discretion. Many of the documents regarding these brave individuals reportedly were destroyed in order to protect their true identities.
As viable a reason as that may seem, even still, with knowledge that these people at least existed, why aren’t they acknowledged as much as they should be? To play such a pivotal role only to be lightly brushed over in most history lessons is a sad reality for these historical figures, particularly the women. Black women truly had little to go by, being the two things at the time that many were prejudiced against the most; black and a