Person Detail: Harriet Tubman

General Information:
Full Name: Harriet Tubman
Biography: (c.1821-1913) Writer, abolitionist. Born into slavery in Maryland, Harriet Tubman escaped to the north in 1849. She then devoted herself to leading other slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Quaker sympathizers helped her on her dangerous journeys to the South to collect new groups of fugitives. In 1857 she rescued her own parents, and set them up in a house in Auburn, New York. She is credited with bringing over 300 slaves to win their freedom. Between trips she worked as a cook, spoke in Boston, Massachusetts, at anti-slavery meetings, and supplied material to the National Anti-Slavery Standard in New York City.
Author's Timeline:
1857		Cayuga County Harriet Tubman was involved with the Underground Railroad and in 1857, she rescued her own parents, and set them up in a house in Auburn, New York.
1821		(Unknown) County Araminta (Minty) Ross was born in Dorchester County, Maryland, around 1821.
1913		(Unknown) County Harriet Tubman died in Auburn, New York, in 1913.
1913		Cayuga County Harriet Tubman is buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York.
1869		(Unknown) County Scenes From The Life Of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman narrates the story of her remarkable life to Sarah Elizabeth Bradford, author of "Scenes From The Life Of Harriet Tubman.

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