Why was a reward offered for Tubman's capture?
Read the excerpt from "Harriet Tubman A Life of Toil and
Triumph
By this time, the word of Harriet Tubman's bravery was
beginning to spread Many well-known people learned of
her mission and got on board as well. Writers Ralph Waldo
Emerson and Louisa May Alcott helped her, as did Susan
B Anthony Some even allowed her to use their homes as
stations. Meanwhile, Harriet's fame also made her a target,
and a large reward was offered for her capture and return
to Maryland
because she fled to South Carolina
because many people opposed her work
because she nursed abandoned enslaved persons
because she worked with Susan B. Anthony
The beginning of the Civil War in 1861 marked the end of
Harriet's Railroad work, but she did not retire. Instead, she
joined the fight that would soon set all of her people free. At
the request of Union leaders, she set out for South
Carolina. There she nursed slaves who had been left
behind when their owners fled Northern forces,