Tubman

harriet tubman

  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman

    the date was unknow
    she was born in 1819 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
  • 1826

    1826

    Rented out for the first time by Brodas to Mrs. James Cook.
  • worked

    worked

    Harriet was sent to work in the fields - it was tantamount to hard labor she was beaten and had a curl life
  • 1831

    1831

    Heard her first stories of the Underground Railroad.
  • notice(runaway)

    notice(runaway)

    A Runaway notice was posted in the Cambridge Democrat which offered a reward of up to one hundred dollars for each slave returned
  • ran away

    ran away

    Harriet ran away from the Brodas plantation.

    Worked in a hotel in Philadelphia.
  • trying to rescue her sister

    trying to rescue her sister

    On December, she arranged with William Still to rescue her sister,
    Brother-in-law and their two children.
  • second trip

    second trip

    Made her second trip on the Underground Railroad, bringing away her brother, also discovering her husband infidelity.
  • the death of her husband

    the death of her husband

    Harriet found out the death of John Tubman.
  • pension

    pension

    Harriet was awarded a pension of twenty dollars, not for her services, but as Mr. Davis's widow.
  • home and land

    home and land

    Harriet turned her home and land over to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Auburn, New York.
  • the death of harriet tubman

    the death of harriet tubman

    Harriet Ross Tubman died on