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Harriet Tubman's family includes her birth family; her two husbands, John Tubman and Nelson Davis; and her adopted daughter Gertie Davis. Tubman's parents—Benjamin "Ben" Ross and Harriett “Rit" Greene Ross—were enslaved people who were owned by two different families.
10 de mai. de 2024 · American abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman (far left) standing with family and formerly enslaved people whose escape she assisted, c. 1887. Tubman's second husband, Nelson Davis, is seated to her left; their daughter, Gertie, stands between them.
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- Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She led hundreds of enslaved peopl...
- Harriet Tubman is credited with conducting upward of 300 enslaved people along the Underground Railroad from the American South to Canada. She show...
- In addition to leading more than 300 enslaved people to freedom, Harriet Tubman helped ensure the final defeat of slavery in the United States by a...
Tubman in 1887 (far left), with her husband Davis (seated, with cane), their adopted daughter Gertie (beside Tubman), Lee Cheney, John "Pop" Alexander, Walter Green, "Blind Aunty" Sarah Parker, and her great-niece Dora Stewart at Tubman's home in Auburn, New York
Tubman’s small 8 x 5 inch hymnal is inscribed with the names of its two owners: Harriet Tubman and her great-niece Eva Northup. Though Tubman never learned to read, her spiritual beliefs were strengthened by the hymns and spirituals associated with African American uplift and freedom.
29 de out. de 2009 · Learn about Harriet Tubman, an escaped enslaved woman who became a leader of the Underground Railroad and a Civil War spy. Find out about her family, her achievements and her legacy in American history.
Learn about Harriet Tubman's life, from her birth into slavery in Maryland to her escape and abolitionist work on the Underground Railroad. Discover how she was separated from her family, suffered from a disability, and fought for freedom and justice.
11 de dez. de 2023 · Learn about Harriet Tubman's life, from her birth into slavery in Maryland to her escape and her role as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Find out how she helped her family and other slaves to freedom and became a leading abolitionist.
