The dynamics of escaping slavery changed in 1850, with the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, which was a law that escaped slaves could be captured in the North and returned to slavery.
During the civil war, Harriet Tubman was Working for the Union Army as a cook and nurse. Soon after this Harriet Tubman quickly became an american spy, to help the north figure out the south's plans. …show more content…
After the war, and even now, Harriet Tubman, widely known and well-respected while she was alive, became an American icon in the years after she died. Harriet Tubman had a ton of accomplishments. Such as, The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp in her honour in 1978, and she was a black American whose daring rescues helped hundreds of slaves escape to