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Harriet Tubman is born
Harriet Tubman was born as Araminta Ross as a slave -
Escapes
Harriet escapes her plantation using the Underground Railroad -
Fugitive Slave Law
Tubman starts working with abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Thomas Garrett -
General Tubman
Harriet earns her nickname "General Tubman" from John Brown. A year later he was executed in a raid. -
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln is elected as President. -
Civil War
The Civil War begins. Tubman begins working as a nurse -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation is passed and slaves were set free in the Confederate states. -
Civil War ends
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First biography
Sarah Hopkins Bradford writes Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman -
Suffragist
Harriet begins advocating for women's suffrage -
Harriet Tubman dies
Harriet was 93 when she died from pneumonia