Harriet tubman

harriet tubman

  • birth

    birth
    born in dorchester county,maryland
  • rented for the first time

    rented for the first time by mrs.james cook from plantation owner edward brodas.
  • underground railroad

    underground railroad
    harriet heard about the underground railroad.
  • hurt by overseer

    hurt by overseer
    as a slave was trying to escape harriet refused to hold him down so the overseer could beat him so he hit her in the head with a weight.
  • she got married

    she got married
    she got married to a freee man named john tubman.
  • got away

    runs away from brodas plantation through the underground railroad and works in a hotel in philadelphia.
  • going back

    plots with william still to rescue her sister, brother-in-law,and their two children.
  • 2nd trip to underground railroad

    makes second trip on the underground railroad with her brother.
  • parents

    rescues parents
  • meets captian john brown

    meet captian john brown who calls her general tubman
  • harpers fairy raid

    john brown and other slaves raid harpers fairy in virginia
  • last trip to maryland

    meets charles nalle in troy ,new york. makes last trip to maryland and flees to canada.
  • travels to port royal

    travels to port royal at governor andrew's recommendation
  • emancipation proclamation

    president abraham lincoln announces emancipation proclamation.
  • serves as a scout to colonel james montgomery

    serves as a scout to colonel james montgomery . accompanies montgomery in raids along the combahee river.
  • returns to new york

    returns to auburn, new york.
  • john tubman dies

    hears ot the death of john tubman.
  • marries nelson davis

    sarah bradford publishes scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman,and she marries nelson davis.
  • Harriets second biography is published

    SarahBbradford writes a second Tubman Biography, Harriet,the Moses of her people.
  • Nelson davis dies

    Nelson Davis dies October 14,1888.
  • Harriet reveives 20.00

    Harriet receives 20.00 because of Davis's death.
  • Harriet gives her home to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

    Harriet hands her home and 25 acre property to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Auburn, New York.
  • Harriet Tubman died

    Harriet Tubman dies march 10 1913