Harriet Tubman Timeline

1820	Born, in Dorchester County Maryland.
1826	Rented out for the first time by Brodas to Mrs. James Cook.
1831	Heard her first stories of the Underground Railroad.
1834	Hit in the head by overseer.
1844	Married John Tubman.
1849	Harriet ran away from the Brodas plantation. Worked in a hotel in Philadelphia.
1850	December, she arranged with William Still to rescue her sister, Brother-in-law and their two children.
1852	Made her second trip on the Underground Railroad, bringing away her brother, also discovering her husband infidelity.
1857	Rescued her parents.
1858	Harriet met Captain John Brown, he called her General Tubman.
1859	John Browns raid on Harper's Ferry.
1861	This spring Harriet found herself in Troy, New York where she met Charles Nalle. This was also the year of her last " trip" to Maryland.
1862	Headed to Port Royal on the recommendation of Governor Andrews.
1863	Harriet accompanies Colonel Montgomery in the raid up the Combahee River.
1865	End of the Civil War. She returned to Auburn that summer.
1867	Harriet learned of the death of John Tubman.
1869	"Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman" by Sara Bradford was published. Harriet Tubman married Mr. Nelson Davis.
1886	Sara Bradford wrote another book about Harriet, titled “Harriet, the Moses of Her People”.
1888	On October 14, Nelson Davis died.
1889	Harriet was awarded a pension of twenty dollars, not for her services, but as Mr. Davis's widow.
1896	Harriet spoke at a meeting of the National Federation of Afro-American Women about the need for homes for the elderly.
1903	Harriet turned her home and land over to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Auburn, New York.
1913	Harriet Ross Tubman died on March 10^th.

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