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Bucktown Store
The store where Harriet Tubman was struck with a two-pound weight after refusing to help her master punish a slave. Tubman was about twelve when this happened and she was born in 1920, which gives me reason to believe this happened some time around 1832. I put it first because it's the only event to happen when she was a child. -
Ad offering reward for the return of Harriet and her brothers
An ad showing a three hundred dollar reward for the return of Harriet and her fellow escapees. The date on the newspaper says this happened in 1849. I put it after the quote because this ad must have been printed very soon after her escape. -
Quote from Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman began helping slaves escape after her obtaining her own freedom. This quote is about Harriet being free, so I think it must have come from the same year she escaped. I put it here because nothing eventful happened in her life between her injury at the Bucktown Store and her escape. -
Harriet Tubman posing for a picture
Harriet Tubman stands tall, leaning on a chair in an unknown house. She looks relatively young, I assume she is in her 30's in this photograph. I put it here because I think that this picture must have been taken a while after she had started living as a free woman. -
Harriet Tubman in the Civil War
In 1862 Harriet began working as a spy for the Union army, in this drawing she holds a gun with a straight face. This may have been drawn after the civil war, but since it portrays Harriet during the civil war, I dated it around the time she started working for the Union. I put it after her picture because it shows Harriet when she started working for the Union. -
Harriet Tubman's Pass
A pass issued by D. Hunter, allowing Harriet to travel back to Port Royal, dated Feb. 19, 1863. I put the pass here because it must have been written some time in between when Harriet Tubman started working for the Union and when the war was over. -
Harriet Tubman in 1895
A portrait of Harriet Tubman from 1895, with a solemn expression on her face. I put it after the pass because it was taken after the war was over. -
Harriet Tubman, aged 93
A portrait of Harriet Tubman when she was 93, this must have come from sometime soon before her death so I estimate it was taken around the year 1905. I put it in between two of her other portraits because she looks older than she did in the previous one, but younger than in the next picture. -
An Elderly Harriet Tubman
Harriet looks old and frail in this picture, so I believe this picture came sometime very soon before her death, after 1910. I put it right before her death because she looks very old in this picture. -
Harriet Tubman's Grave
Harriet Tubman died in 1913, her grave is in Auburn, New York, where people still come to pay their respects to this day. I put her grave after the last picture of her because I believe her death came some time soon after the picture was taken. -
Harriet Tubman's Backpay
Harriet Tubman's backpay, awarded to her 90 years after her death, was donated to the Harriet Tubman Home. I have it second to last because even though Harriet Tubman was already dead, this was an important event in securing her legacy. -
Harriet Tubman's Legacy
This sign in Bucktown, Maryland shows the birthplace of Harriet Tubman. Even though Harriet Tubman may have died over a century ago, the story of her courage and strength in her fight for freedom still inspires people to this day. I have it last because Harriet Tubman's legacy has continued for over a hundred years after her death.
