Emphasis Preaching Journal

Harriet Tubman, like the Syrophoenician woman in this story, was an outcast. She had no rich history associated with the covenant promises of Israel. Being a black slave was bad enough, but one day Harriet heard that she was going to be separated from her family and friends in Maryland and sold to a plantation owner in the deep South.
But Harriet was a determined woman. She prayed that she would find a way to escape. She learned that the Underground Railroad, a secret route to the North, had "conductors" who were willing to help slaves escape.