Harriet Tubman - Wikipedia During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by enslavers as a child
Harriet Tubman | Biography, Facts, Underground Railroad | Britannica Harriet Tubman was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War She led dozens of enslaved people to freedom in the North along the route of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman - National Womens History Museum In 1913, at the age of 91, Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia in the Home for the Aged Indigent Negroes In her final words, Tubman called upon her faith and made reference to John 14:3 in the Bible
Harriet Tubman: Facts, Underground Railroad Legacy | HISTORY Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading enslaved people to freedom before the Civil War, all while carrying a bounty on her
Harriet Tubman - World History Encyclopedia Harriet Tubman was a former slave, abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, civil rights activist, supporter of women's suffrage, spy, scout, and guide during the American Civil War, and advocate for equal rights for all
HTubman - Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park . . . Conductor on the Underground Railroad, military leader, suffragist, and descendant of the Ashanti ethnic group in Ghana, Harriet Tubman is an American hero The sacrifices she made to save her family and friends from slavery continue to inspire others today
Harriet Tubman - American Battlefield Trust Over the course of 11 years, Tubman rescued over 70 slaves from Maryland, and assisted 50 or 60 others in making their way to Canada She did not stay idle in her later years, taking on the cause of women’s suffrage with the same determination she had shown for abolition
Harriet Tubman | Tubman African American Museum Tubman and Davis married in 1869 and settled in Auburn, New York where Tubman began her work of caring for elderly and indigent African Americans Harriet Tubman remained active in the cause of equality up until the end of her life After the war she worked for women’s rights and women’s suffrage
Who was Harriet Tubman? : Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman is an American hero and an icon of freedom, a five-foot-tall African American abolitionist who guided hundreds of slaves away from the bondage of slavery She is the best known female abolitionist of antebellum American
Harriet Tubman - National Museum of African American History and Culture On the bicentennial of her birth, we look beyond these names to capture not only Harriet Tubman the icon, but Harriet the woman, and Harriet’s legacy of care, activism, and bravery that influenced Black women across time