Harriet Tubman

A Woman Slave Who Freed Herself and Others With

Courage and Determination

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Her Personnel LifeBirth: c. 1819 near Bucktown, Dorchester,

MarylandName of Birth: Araminta RossParents: Benjamin Ross and Harriet Greene Family Background: Pure African AncestryEducation: Illiterate her whole lifeMarriage: 25yrs-John Tubman and remarried to Nelson Davis -1869Plantation Owner: Edward Brodas

Life As a SlaveLived in harsh conditions, suffered of abuseSince age 5, would get loaned out to other plantations and be separated from her family to perform a variety of tasksAt around 13yrs on another plantation, the climax in her life happened, the owner, ordered her to tie up a slave that had tried to run away, but she refused to so her overseer knocked her out with a 2lb weight, which later caused her narcoleptic seizures

 I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

~ Harriet Tubman

1849March 7, 1849 Edward Brodas (47) died on his farm at BucktownWhite abolitionist Neighbor gave a piece of paper w/2 names WHICH Explained how to get to first house to path to freedom & cross mason-Dixon line1st house- put into wagon covered w/ sack and driven to next destination, she followed the route to Penn., where she initially settled in Philadelphia and met William still along with other members of the Philadelphia. Anti-slavery society learned more about the UGRR

1850Guided by the North Star and w/ the money she saved from the previous year, she sent a message to the oldest son of one of her sisters saying for her and family to board the Cambridge fishing boat in Cambridge. The boat would sail up Chesapeake Bay and meet Harriet in Bodkin's Point. Once at Bodkin's Point, Harriet guided them from safe house to safe house in Pennsylvania until Philadelphia was reached.

1850 Continued•Sept: Harriet was named official conductor of the UGRR• 2nd trip was to the South to rescue James and friends- helped them across river and get to Thomas Garret’s home•1850 Fugitive Slaves Act was passed oCaused even more security codes and heading into Canada instead of North

1851•Sept: 3rd trip was to South again to get John, but he remarried and was doing fine, so Harriet went to Thomas Garret’s home and found plenty of work to do from there the next safe house was Frederick Douglas. Once enough money was collected by F.D, 11 passengers began the journey to Canada with Harriet•Pathway: cross over Niagara Falls on handmade suspension bridge to the city of St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada•St. Catherine was her home base until 1857 when she could finance her expenses as a conductor , while here she attended Salem Chapel BME Church (on Geneva St.)

1851 Continued•Pathway: cross over Niagara Falls on handmade suspension bridge to the city of St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada•St. Catherine was her home base until 1857 when she could finance her expenses as a conductor , while here she attended Salem Chapel BME Church (on Geneva St.)

1852-1857

•Began to be called Moses for she repeated his story with the modern slave world

•A passenger wanted to go back but Tubman sensed his future of abuse and telling about the secrets of the UGRR and pointed a gun at his head so he followed Tubman and told him “Dead folks tell no tales.”

1852-1857 Continued•Freed her Brothers in 1854•Freed parents in 1857 •Frances Seward provided a home for Tubman and Margaret in Auburn, New York, which Tubman relocated her parents to from St. Catherines. The home was later sold to her for a small value which later became her home base•Rescued Ben Ross in broad daylight with a train ticket and a horse

The Last Journey•Dec. 1860: Last trip was to MD bringing 7 people over to Canada

-Results: Was a conductor for about 10 yearsRescued over 300 people

Made 19 tripsNEVER lost a passengerLeft for Canada

(1861-1865)-Civil War•Served w/ Union Army as: cook, laundress, nurse, scout, and spy behind Confederate lines

•1862: moved to Beaufort, South Carolina & w/ other several missionary teachers they helped hundreds of Sea Islander slaves transition from bondage to freedom

1896• Was a delegate to the National Association of Colored Women's

first annual convention

Death March 10,1913• Before died: gave her home for the elderly to the Methodist

Episcopal Zion Church • June 14,1914: – received man honors, such as Liberty Ship – A large bronze plaque was placed at the Cayuga County

Courthouse– civic holiday declared in her honor in Auburn

• 1994 (17 North Street, Auburn, New York)-freedom park was opened– Christened by Eleanor Roosevelt

• 1995-The Federal Gov’t honored Tubman w/ a commemorative postage stamp w/ her name &likeness

• Tubman was buried with military rites in Fort Hill Cemetery

AccomplishmentsSet herself freeSet parents and family freeSet over 300 free w/out losing a single passengerMade her home the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Was a delegate to the National Association of Colored Women's first annual convention. Served in the Civil War

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Many of Tubman’s efforts are described in The Underground Railroad a book published by Henry “Box ” Brown in 1872

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