Ken Burns 
1820–1913
An escaped slave who became one of the best-known “conductors” on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman led over three hundred slaves to freedom in the decade before the war. The Maryland native began her new duties by returning there in 1850 to lead her own family members to freedom. Nicknamed the “General” for her tough discipline, Tubman even threatened her followers with a loaded gun to keep them silent as they fled.
