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Harriet's Birth
Harriet Tubman’s birth date is around January 29, 1822. Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland on a plantation. Her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green owned by Mary Pattison Brodess, originally named her Araminta Harriet Ross. Harriet’s father, Ben Ross, who was owned by Anthony Thompson, who eventually married Mary Brodess, the owner of Harriet’s mother. Harriet was one of nine children of Rit and Ben’s. -
Early Life
Harriet’s early life was full of hardship. Physical violence was part of Harriet’s daily life. With that said, she got hit in the head when she was thirteen she got hit in the head with an iron weight. The weight was mean to hit a runaway slave but hit her. For the rest of her life she had many seizures. -
A Journey North
Harriet and two of her brothers all escaped their plantations. The brothers had second thoughts about leaving so they both went back. On the other hand, Harriet travelled ninety miles to a free state and became a free slave. -
A Trip with Family
Harriet wanted to go back to the south and pick up a family and bring them to freedom. The people who she picked up were, her niece, her husband, John Bowley, and their two children. They all made it to freedom. -
Oh, Canada
Harriet went back to the south, and picked up more runaways, she led the passengers through Pennsylvania to Fredrick Douglas, which was a safe house. They stayed there until Tubman got enough money to start a journey to Canada, they set out to St. Catherine because there, black and whites lived in a comfortable environment together. -
Coming back to a war
Tubman returned from living in Canada and moved to the U.S. and when she go to the U.S. the civil war was happening. Also, any women could be a nurse for the injured from the war. Tubman decided to help out the soldiers and helped the wounded and sick. In South Carolina, she became a nurse at the hospital. -
Nelson Davis
Tubman got married to Nelson Davis, who was about twenty-two years younger than she was. Harriet got married in a Presbyterian Church. Their marriage lasted about twenty years and Nelson died from tuberculosis. -
Gertie
Nelson and Harriet adopted a little baby girl who they named Gertie Davis. They had adopted Gertie when she was about nine months old. Since Harriet’s husband, Nelson died she was the only caretaker for Gertie. -
Tubman is sick
Harriet got involved with women’s suffrage movements and started to give speeches. Harriet got brain surgery because of the iron weight incident. Tubman refused to take anesthesia, and she said that she would rather chew on bullets. -
Harriets Death
When Harriet died, she was ninety-three years old and she died of pneumonia. Tubman was buried in Auburn, New York in Fort Hill Cemetery. Tubman lived a long life, and was proud of her accomplishments, and all of the amazing things she has done for many people.
