Chapter 4 How She Did It
Chapter 4 How She Did It Chapter 4 How She Did It Many called Harriet a "master of disguise." Sometimes she dressed as an old woman, and sometimes she disguised herself as a man. It is said that one day, she met one of her former owners, and he didn't recognize her! Harriet was clever in other ways. She hired men to rip down wanted posters that described runaway slaves. Runaway notices, which were printed in the newspaper,weren't put in newspapers on weekends -they had to wait until Monday morn
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Chapter 4 How She Did It
Chapter 4 How She Did It
Many called Harriet a "master of disguise."Sometimes she dressed as an old woman, and sometimes she disguised herself as a man.It is said that one day, she met one of her former owners, and he didn't recognize her!
Harriet was clever in other ways. She hired men to rip down wanted posters that described runaway slaves.Runaway notices, which were printed in the newspaper,weren't put in newspapers on weekends-they had to wait until Monday morning.Harriet began escapes on Saturday nights in order to have a head start.
If Harriet saw people she thought were slave hunters, she'd turn and go south,to make it look as though she was not trying to escape.She gave crying babies a drug that helped them sleep quietly.If the escaping slaves wanted to turn back, she forced them to keep moving north to freedom.She boasted that she never lost a passenger.
Slave owners were furious, and they offered a reward for Harriet’s capture, dead or alive.The reward was $40,000 - an enormous amount of money for those days.One day, Harriet overheard a man reading her own wanted poster, which described Harriet as not being able to read.She immediately pulled out a book and pretended to read it, and the man left without giving her a second look.
