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Born.
Harriet was born. -
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Harriet Tubman
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Sent away
Harriet was sent away to a plantation as a slave at age 5. -
Got sick.
Harriet got sick and had to work as a house slave. -
Run away.
Harriet tried to run away. This event marked her first try in her determination to abolish slavery. -
Mexico.
Mexico reconfirms its constitution prohibition of slavery. -
First National Negro Convention
The First National Negro Convention is held in Philadelphia. -
Nat Turner
Nat Turner, a baptist preacher, leads a slave insurrection in southern Virginia. -
Returned.
Harriet returned home to her plantation. -
American Anti-Slavery Society
The American Anti-Slavery Society is founded in Philadelphia. -
Settled.
Harriet settled in Philadelphia. -
Underground Railroad.
Harriet traveled on the Underground Railroad. -
Volenteered.
She volenteered to work on the Underground Railroad. -
Helped.
She helped many slaves escape. -
Texas
Texas is admitted to the Union as a slave state. -
Shadrack
A Boston crowd rescues Shadrack, a fugitive slave, from court custody. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which sells 300,000 copies in a year and a million copies in six months. -
Dred Scott
In the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court rules that the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights were not intended to apply the African Americans and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Prsident Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in areas in rebellion( Florida, Lousiana, South Carolina.) -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution garantees the right to vote regardless "of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Died.
Harriet Tubman passed away.
