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Harriet Tubman (1822 – 1913) was an American abolitionist and political activist. Tubman escaped slavery and rescued approximately 70 enslaved people, including members of her family and friends. Harriet Tubman's family includes her birth family; her two husbands, John Tubman and Nelson Davis; and her adopted daughter Gertie Davis.
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.
24 de ago. de 2023 · Family Overview. Her mother was a cook for the Brodess family, who owned Ben Ross. They married around 1808 and had nine children together, including Harriet. Her father was a skilled woodsman who managed the timber work on Thompson's plantation. He was a free man due to manumission, which is a legal process by which an enslaved person is freed.
As a child, Tubman was told that she seemed like an Ashanti person because of her character traits, though no evidence has been found to confirm or deny this lineage. [12] Her mother, Rit (who may have had a white father), [12] [13] was a cook for the Brodess family. [14]
Collection Story. Harriet Tubman. Life, Liberty and Legacy. Stories. Harriet Tubman has been known by many names—Araminta, Moses, conductor, daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt. All encompass the intersecting identities and experiences that Harriet Tubman encompassed over her lifespan.
29 de out. de 2009 · Harriet Tubman was born around 1820 on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her parents, Harriet (“Rit”) Green and Benjamin Ross, named her Araminta Ross and called her “Minty.”
Early Life. Born Araminta Ross (and affectionately called "Minty") in March of 1822 to parents Harriet (Rit) Green Ross and Benjamin Ross, Tubman was one of nine children. The Ross family were enslaved in Dorchester County, Maryland. Chattel slavery determined that Black people were property that were bought and sold.
