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title: "Why did slave owners offer a $40,000 reward for the capture of Harriet Tubman?"  
description: "Why did slave owners offer a $40,000 reward for the capture of Harriet Tubman?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43268/why-did-slave-owners-offer-a-40-000-reward-for-the-capture-of-harriet-tubman  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did slave owners offer a $40,000 reward for the capture of Harriet Tubman?

Why did [slave owners](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51334/why-did-slave-owners-prevent-slaves-from-being-educated) offer a $40,000 reward for the [capture](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30907/which-phone-is-better-between-billion-capture-plus-and-xiaomi-mi-a1-and-moto-g5s-plus) of [Harriet Tubman](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41855/why-was-harriet-tubman-so-determined-to-help-slaves-escape-to-freedom)?\
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