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Harriet Tubman didn’t have modern maps, GPS, or anything that could tell her which road was safe.

What she had was courage, experience, an incredible memory, and a faith in God that never seemed to leave her.

She was born into slavery in Maryland, where life was brutally difficult from the beginning. But as she grew older, something inside her became stronger than the fear surrounding her.

She wanted freedom.

And eventually, she escaped.

But Harriet Tubman didn’t simply escape slavery and disappear into a safer life.

She went back.

Again and again.

She returned to dangerous territory to help other enslaved people escape, including members of her own family.

Tubman later said that she had been a conductor on the Underground Railroad for eight years and had never lost a passenger. The National Park Service records that she personally led about 70 people to freedom on roughly 13 trips and helped many others through instructions and escape networks.

Think about what that meant.

Every trip back into Maryland could have been her last.

She could have been captured.

She could have been killed.

The people traveling with her could have been captured too.

Yet she kept going.

And one of the things that gave her strength was her faith.