Minty was only a 27 year old only standing 5 feet tall when she first tried to escape for her freedom. It was her and her 2 brothers. Her owner put up signs and also gave rewards to whoever would be able to find them. Sadly Minty's brother's couldn't continue onto their trip so they turned back and went back to their owner. They convinced her to go back with them. A few days later Minty went on the trip again, but this time on her own. Little did she know that she would be going this path so many more times in the future to help so many other people and their lives. This is a book about as we all know as Harriet Tubman.

Harriet's Escape

Minty was only a 27 year old and only standing about 5 feet tall when she first too run away. She escaped with her two brothers. Sadly her brothers didn't feel right escaping So they turned around and went back knowing they would have to suffer their punishments. A few days later Minty escaped on her own. And this time there was no turning back.
Little did she know that she was going on this trip to save many lives from their owner and do their freedom.

Jonathan Walker's branded hand is a symbol  that represents this time period. His hand was branded with the letters "SS" these two letters represented the words "Slave Stealer". Human branding was used a lot in these times. Jonathan Walker got his hand branded because he helped slaves run away and be free from their owners. Obviously this wasn't right at that time because people thought of slaves as objects, their belongings. How would you feel if someone took your pet and let it run away? This is how the owners felt. They needed some way to let people know that a person was a slave stealer and that it wouldn't happen to anyone else. If you think about it the logic behind it is reasonable. Some run away slaves would get the letter "R" branded in their hand and the "R" was for run away slave.

Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent By: Thomas B. Allen

"It's 1863. Harriet Tubman is facing one of the biggest — and most dangerous — challenges of her life. She has survived her master's lash, escaped from slavery, and risked her life countless times to lead runaway slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Now she has a new role — that of Union spy!
The outcome of a secret night raid deep into Confederate territory depends on the accuracy of the intelligence she and other black spies have gathered. Success will mean freedom for hundreds of slaves. Failure will mean death by hanging.
You are about to enter the undercover world of African-American spies — enslaved and free — risking everything in the name of freedom. How were the Underground Railroad and slave songs used to pass secret messages? What were "contrabands" and "Black Dispatches?" What did Harriet have in common with the Secret Six and a maidservant in the home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis? You'll discover these answers and more as the action unfolds.
Disguised as a vintage volume, this biography reads like an adventure story. The astonishing role Harriet Tubman played as a spy, a secret agent, a military leader and hero to thousands is told in the context of the Civil War and an era of brutal prejudice.
Annotated endnotes, a timeline, index, epilogue, websites, reading list, archival images, maps and a spy code for readers to solve make this a high interest nonfiction favorite.
Thomas B. Allen, author of the award-winning George Washington, Spymaster, has sifted through military and intelligence archives, diaries, and little-known memoirs from ex-slaves to bring to light new facts about the role Harriet and other black spies played in helping the Union win the war. This detailed account combined with powerful archival images supplemented with woodcuts by Carla Bauer, maps, a time line, footnotes, and extensive quote sources make this incredibly detailed account an excellent resource for report writing as well as an exciting true-life adventure."

-Harriet Tubman,

Secret Agent