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Harriet was born to Ben and Harriet Greene Ross.
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Harriet and her brothers Ben and Henry escaped from slavery, only to return a month later.
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Harriet escaped again but this time she only returned to help others escape.
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After her escape, Tubman worked as a maid in Philadelphia and joined the large and active abolitionist group in the city. After Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, making it illegal to help a runaway slave, Tubman decided to join the Underground Railroad.
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Harriet returned to rescuse her brother and many more.
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Harriet met the abolitionist John Brown
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Abraham Lincoln elected President of the US
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The Civil War starts and ends
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Harriet went to Troy, New York where she met Charles Nalle and undertook her last mission to Maryland
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Governor Andrew of Massachusetts arranged for Harriet Tubman to go to Beaufort, South Carolina, as a nurse and teacher to the Gullah people of the Sea Islands who had been left behind by their owners when they fled the advance of the Union Army, which remained in control of the islands.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
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Harriet Tubman led troops under the command of Colonel James Montgomery in the Combahee River expedition, disrupting Southern supply lines by destroying bridges and railroads. The mission also freed more than 750 slaves.
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President Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday April 14, 1865 at 10:13pm by John Wilkes Booth. He died the next morning April 15, 1865 at 7:22am.
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The 13th amendment to Constitution abolishes slavery
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Harriet meets her future husband a Civil War vet. Nelson Davis
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The 14th amendment to the Constitution grants citizenship to former slaves
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The 15th amendment to Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of race
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Harriet was swindled out of her money by a con involving gold money transfers.
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Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia