Harriet Tubman

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At 0

1. Mar 1822

   Born Araminta Ross into slavery in Maryland

   Dorchester County. The exact date was never recorded; around March 1822.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 12

1. c. 1834

   Skull fractured by a two-pound weight

   An overseer threw it at another slave and hit her. Painful headaches and sudden sleeping spells followed for life.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 22

1. c. 1844

   Married John Tubman, a free Black man

   She took the name Harriet around then.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 27

1. Sep 17, 1849

   Escaped with her brothers Ben and Henry

   They turned back. She went again alone that autumn, about 90 miles to Philadelphia.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 28

1. Dec 1850

   First rescue: her niece Kessiah and her children

   About to be auctioned in Cambridge, Maryland.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 35

1. c. 1857

   Brought her elderly parents north to Canada

   Her father was at risk of arrest for sheltering escapees.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 37

1. c. 1859

   Bought a farm near Auburn, New York, at about 37

   Seven acres for $1,200 from Frances Seward, wife of the abolitionist senator.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 38

1. Nov 1860

   Last Underground Railroad rescue

   About 13 missions, some 70 people freed. She said she never lost a passenger.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 39

1. Jan 1862

   Volunteered for the Union at Port Royal, South Carolina

   Nurse, cook, then scout.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 41

1. Jun 2, 1863

   Guided the Combahee Ferry raid, freeing over 700

   Three gunboats past the mines. Widely credited as the first woman to lead an armed operation in the US.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 46

1. c. 1868

   Authorized biography published

   Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah Bradford.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 47

1. c. 1869

   Married Nelson Davis, a Civil War veteran

   They adopted a girl, Gertie, in 1874.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 73

1. c. 1895

   Finally granted a pension: $8 a month

   As a soldier's widow, plus $500 for the delay in approval.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 86

1. Jun 23, 1908

   Opened the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged

   On land she had given to the AME Zion Church in 1903. She moved in herself in 1911.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 91

1. Mar 10, 1913

   Died of pneumonia at about 91 in Auburn

   Source: en.wikipedia.org