Which statement best reflects Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad work?

• A. She operated alone and never used other abolitionists
• B. She led more than 300 enslaved people to freedom
• C. She founded a major abolitionist newspaper
• D. She served as a member of Congress

Answer: (B)

Harriet Tubman’s work on the Underground Railroad shows her as a fearless organizer and guide who repeatedly risked her life to help others escape slavery. The statement that best reflects that effort is that she led more than 300 enslaved people to freedom. This captures the scale of her impact: she didn’t just make a few isolated rescues, but built and moved through a network with many successful missions, often returning to the South to lead others to safety after escaping herself in 1849. Her leadership came from coordinating routes, safe houses, and trusted abolitionists, showing how one determined conductor could empower hundreds to seize their freedom.

The other ideas miss what she is most known for. She did not operate alone or rely on a single person; she worked with a network of allies. She did not found a major abolitionist newspaper, and she did not serve in Congress. Each of those reflects different roles, while Tubman’s lasting legacy on the Underground Railroad is precisely the large number of people she helped escape to freedom.