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The Life of Harriet Tubman
Araminta 'Harriet' Tubman was born in 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was born into slaverym and was wroking by the time she was 5. Exact date unknown. -
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In 1825, the Erie Canal was completed. It became a major port for trade. Located in New York. Exact date unknown. -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
In 1844, when Harriet Tubman was 25, she was forced to marry a freed slave named John Tubman. However, their relationship wasn't very good because they didn't have the same dreams. Harriet wanted to go north, but John thought they were fine where they were. They had no kids together. Exact date unknown. -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
When Harriets husband died, she fleed her plantation because she thought she was going to be sold. During this time, she founded the Underground Railroad and officially changed her name to Harriet. Exact date unknown. -
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On Dcember 8th, 1849, the California Gold Rush took place. A gold rush is when huge amounts of gold are found This caused many people to go to California. -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
In 1850, Harriet returned to Philadelphia and joined the Philadelphia Anit-Slavery Society. Joining this group helped her free other slaves. Also during this year she helped free her sister, two kids and her brother and his family to Ontario, Canada. She was then named the conductor of the Underground Railroad, Exact date unknown. -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
In 1857, Harriet returned to Maryland to help her parents escape. She got her parents out of Maryland by smuggling them into a wagon and going north, Exact date unknown. -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
When the Civil War started in 1861, Harriet decided that she wanted to work as a civilian volunteer for the Union Army. She worked as a nurse, laundress and a cook. When the war ended, she returned home to New York and took in orphans and elderly black. Exact dates unknown. -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
In 1862, Harriet Tubman ended her work on the Underground Railroad. From there, she worked as a cililian volunteer during the Cilvil War. After the Civil War , she went back home and took in orphans and elderly blacks and took care of them. Ezxact date uknown. -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
In 1869, Harriet got married to a Civil War veteran named Nalson Davies. They both continued to free slaves and help those slaves establish schools for their kids. Exact date unknown. -
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On November 2, 1880, a U.S. presidential election was held. James Garfield beat out Winifield S. Hancock -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
In 1896, Harriet founded the Harriet Tubman Home for Indignet Aged Negroes. She also made an appearance at the National Association of Colored Women in Washington, D.C. Exact date unknown. -
The Life of Harriet Tubman
On March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died in Auburn, New York. She spent her old age poor and living in the home she founded a few years before, which is also where she died. -
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On October 20, 1920, Spain sells some of Florida to the United States for $5 million -
World Events
On December 1, 1820, Campbelltown, New South Wales is established in Australia as its own state/territory.
