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Birth
Harriet tubman was born in 1820 to Harriet “Rit” Green her mother and Her father Ben Ross they both where slaves. She has 8 siblings all where slaves just like her. -
Life as a kid as a slave
When Harriet was younger she was a nursemaid a nursemaid takes care of the owners baby all night and is not aloud to fal asleep because if the baby cries and wakes up the other the nursemaid would be punished. -
under ground rail road
During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. -
escaping from slavery
On Monday, September 17, 1849 they escaped the Poplar Neck Plantation but Harry and Ben changed their minds and decided to return. -
escorting slaves
Using her connections in the Underground Railroad, Harriet took her first trip to guide a family in their journey to freedom. Her niece, Kessiah, her husband, John Bowley, and their two children were freed from the bondage of slavery. -
New wife
Returned for her husband but he refused to leave. He stayed in Dorchester County with his new wife Caroline. -
cicil war begins
Beginning of the American Civil War. Tubman worked as a cook and nurse in South Carolina and Florida.
Tubman helped General David Hunter recruit former slaves for a regiment of African American soldiers. She served as a spy and scout under the command of Col. James Montgomery. -
civil war fights
Tubman became the first woman to lead an assault during the Civil War in the Combahee River Raid where 700 slaves -
end of civil war
1865 – End of the Civil War. Tubman returned home to Auburn, New York. -
tubman dies
Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia on March 10, 1913. Before her death she told friends and family surrounding her death bed “I go to prepare a place for you”. Tubman was buried with military honors in the Auburn’s Fort Hill Cemetery.
