Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman- 1820 - March 10, 1913
Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland to Mary Pattison and Ben Ross, she was originally named Araminta Harriet Ross. Physical Violence was a daily part of the Tubman’s life. The violence that she suffered from provided lifelong scars and marks on her skin. Harriet’s father was freed from slavery at the age of 45 while she still had many years to go, but never wanted to even begin. Harriett Started to grow up to adulthood, then she married a man named John Tubman. She changed her name to Harriett soon after her marriage. Tubman escaped from slavery in the year 1849, then fleeing toPhiladelphia.
She initially left Maryland with two of her brothers, Ben and Henry Tubman, on September 17, 1849. Once they had
left they went back to Maryland to work on the plantation because of second thoughts. Harriet used her labor and self
discipline and set a goal for herself of escaping the north as a slave. She escaped the Plantation in Maryland. Harriet made use of the network known as the Underground Railroad to travel nearly 90 miles to Philadelphia. In December 1850, Tubman received a warning that her niece Kessiah was going to be sold, along with her two small children. Harriet started to take her whole family through the underground tunnels to Philadelphia and then to Canada with the rest. Tubman earned the nickname “Moses” because of her brave leadership.
She brought her family and about 60 others to freedom. Her husband John declined the offer to come with her. She later became involved in the anti-slavery organization of the underground Railroad. She was the most wanted slave in Maryland and never wanted to put her families life in danger even though it was. When the civil war started, she became a nurse. she returned to slave-holding states, to help other slaves escape. She led them safely to the northern
free states and to Canada. It was very dangerous to be a runaway slave. There were rewards for their capture, and ads
that described the slaves were wanted. Whenever Harriet led a group of slaves to freedom, she put her own life and
others on the line. She was breaking the law in slave states by helping other slaves escape. Because she wanted to make
their lives better, unlike many other people in the world today.
Harriet represented moral courage in her lifetime because there were people just like her as a slave. She wanted to make the slaves feel free just like she became a few years before she invented the underground railroad. She became active in promoting women's rights, particularly with black woman. The underground railroad was a loose network of antislavery northerners. This illegally helped fugitive slaves reach safety in the free states or Canada in the time before the Civil War began. The railroad got the nickname "Liberty Line". Once more than 60,000 slaves gained their freedom in one trip in the underground railroad.
TIMELINE:
1849-Harriet and her two brothers returned to their owners, which could hae disrupted her family.
1849-Harriet contacted the underground railroad facilities network asking for the help to escape with the slaves.
1850-The U.S. congress passed the fugitive slave law of 1850. Which enabled the law enforcement officials, even in states which had outlawed slavery. To aid in capturing of the runaway slaves.
1852-Using the underground railroad again she let her brother from slavery
1859-John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
1865-Harriet Tubman returned to Auburn at the end of the war
1869-March 18 she married Nelson Davis at the Central Presbyterian Church
1870-15th amendment in Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of race.
1873-Harriet was stolen out of her money by a con involving gold money transfers
1874-Harriet and Nelson adopt a baby girl, Gertie
1913-Tubman died of pneumonia on March 10, 1913
Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland to Mary Pattison and Ben Ross, she was originally named Araminta Harriet Ross. Physical Violence was a daily part of the Tubman’s life. The violence that she suffered from provided lifelong scars and marks on her skin. Harriet’s father was freed from slavery at the age of 45 while she still had many years to go, but never wanted to even begin. Harriett Started to grow up to adulthood, then she married a man named John Tubman. She changed her name to Harriett soon after her marriage. Tubman escaped from slavery in the year 1849, then fleeing toPhiladelphia.
She initially left Maryland with two of her brothers, Ben and Henry Tubman, on September 17, 1849. Once they had
left they went back to Maryland to work on the plantation because of second thoughts. Harriet used her labor and self
discipline and set a goal for herself of escaping the north as a slave. She escaped the Plantation in Maryland. Harriet made use of the network known as the Underground Railroad to travel nearly 90 miles to Philadelphia. In December 1850, Tubman received a warning that her niece Kessiah was going to be sold, along with her two small children. Harriet started to take her whole family through the underground tunnels to Philadelphia and then to Canada with the rest. Tubman earned the nickname “Moses” because of her brave leadership.
She brought her family and about 60 others to freedom. Her husband John declined the offer to come with her. She later became involved in the anti-slavery organization of the underground Railroad. She was the most wanted slave in Maryland and never wanted to put her families life in danger even though it was. When the civil war started, she became a nurse. she returned to slave-holding states, to help other slaves escape. She led them safely to the northern
free states and to Canada. It was very dangerous to be a runaway slave. There were rewards for their capture, and ads
that described the slaves were wanted. Whenever Harriet led a group of slaves to freedom, she put her own life and
others on the line. She was breaking the law in slave states by helping other slaves escape. Because she wanted to make
their lives better, unlike many other people in the world today.
Harriet represented moral courage in her lifetime because there were people just like her as a slave. She wanted to make the slaves feel free just like she became a few years before she invented the underground railroad. She became active in promoting women's rights, particularly with black woman. The underground railroad was a loose network of antislavery northerners. This illegally helped fugitive slaves reach safety in the free states or Canada in the time before the Civil War began. The railroad got the nickname "Liberty Line". Once more than 60,000 slaves gained their freedom in one trip in the underground railroad.
TIMELINE:
1849-Harriet and her two brothers returned to their owners, which could hae disrupted her family.
1849-Harriet contacted the underground railroad facilities network asking for the help to escape with the slaves.
1850-The U.S. congress passed the fugitive slave law of 1850. Which enabled the law enforcement officials, even in states which had outlawed slavery. To aid in capturing of the runaway slaves.
1852-Using the underground railroad again she let her brother from slavery
1859-John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
1865-Harriet Tubman returned to Auburn at the end of the war
1869-March 18 she married Nelson Davis at the Central Presbyterian Church
1870-15th amendment in Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of race.
1873-Harriet was stolen out of her money by a con involving gold money transfers
1874-Harriet and Nelson adopt a baby girl, Gertie
1913-Tubman died of pneumonia on March 10, 1913