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Born
Harriet Tubman, formally named as Araminta Ross, was born around January of 1820 in Dorchester, Maryland. The exact date of her birth unknown, but is known to be around december or january of 1820. -
Married
Harriet married John Tubman, a free african american, sometime during the year of 1844. John did not share her dream of traveling north and told her that he would tell her master if she tried to escape. -
Escape
With the help of a neighbor and a few people on the way, Harriet was able to escape to the north. While saving her money to help free slaves in Phildelphia, Tubman met William Still, one of the Underground railroads station masters. -
Conductor
Harriet Tubman was made a Conductor of the Underground Railroad in September of 1850. This means she had to take an oath of silence in order to know all the routes to free territory. -
Freed Brother
Harriet made a trip to the south to help free her brother James and friends who were already well on their way to escaping. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed, which made it illegal for any citizen to help a slave escape, and if a escaped slave was sighted, he or she were to be deported back to their owner. -
Canada
Harriet made her third trip in September of 1851 to get her husband John, but found that he was already remarried. In turn, she went up North to the Garret's house to help more passengers escape to Frederick Douglas. -
U.S.
Tubman returned to the U.S. in the winter od 1852 to help free more slaves. She freed so many people that she earned the nickname Moses. The state of Maryland had a $12,000 reward for her capture. -
Ben Ross
In the spring of 1857, Harriet went on her most dangerous trip to free her father Ben Ross. She took her father and mother to Thomas Garret, who in turn helped arrange their passage to Canada. -
Scout
In the summer of 1963, Tubman worked with Colonel James Montgomery as a scout to help organize the Combahee River raid. They were sucessful in gathering alomst 500 slaves, who in turn joined the army. -
Second Marriage
After returning to Auburn after the civil war in 1869, Harriet Tubman married Nelson Davis for 19 years until his death. -
Death
Harriet Tubman died on March 10, 1913 and was buried with military rites in Fort Hill Cemetary.