How Tubman Travelled by Night

Tebman travelled by night, using the north star and instructions from white and black helpers to find her way to freedom in philadelphia, pennsylvania. Harriet was helped first by a white woman who apparently knew her and willingly assisted tubman on her way. You would often be traveling by night, on foot, in the woods or wamps in order to avoid the slave catchers. Depending on where you started your journey, the nearest free loc might be mexico or one of the free caribbean islands. And if everything went well, you'd eventually make its way to the border of a free state, then cross into it - or get out of the united states altogether.