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When was Harriet Tubman born ?

March 10 1822

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who is Harriet Tubman family

John Tubman, Gertie Davis, Nelson Davis , Mariah Ritty Ross , Harriet Greene Ross and more

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Wat happened to Harriet Tubman wen she was 13

At 13 years old, Tubman suffered a traumatic injury that almost killed her when a two-pound weight missed its intended target and hit Tubman in the head instead.

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What did Harriet Tubman do in 1844?

Around 1844, Harriet married John Tubman, a free Black man, and changed her last name from Ross to Tubman. The marriage was not good, and the knowledge that two of her brothers—Ben and Henry—were about to be sold provoked Harriet to plan an escape.

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What were Harriet Tubman's accomplishments?

Harriet Tubman is credited with conducting upward of 300 enslaved people along the Underground Railroad from the American South to Canada.

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What hospital was Harriet Tubman born in ?

Dorchester County, Maryland,

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Who was Harriet Tubman father

Ben ross

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What happened in 1861 Harriet Tubman?

Tubman conducted her last rescue mission in November 1861, as the Civil War enveloped the nation. Tubman offered her services to the Union Army, and in early 1862, she went to South Carolina to provide badly needed nursing care for black soldiers and newly liberated slaves.

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What happened to Harriet Tubman in 1859?

While in Boston in the spring and summer of 1859, Tubman worked with abolitionist John Brown and others as they planned his raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

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What were Harriet Tubman's achievements?

After escaping from slavery in the South and reaching Pennsylvania in 1849, Tubman became a conductor for the Underground Railroad.

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What day was Harriet Tubman born on

March 10

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Who is Harriet Tubman daughter

Gertie Davis

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What happened to Harriet Tubman's daughter Gertie?

It is believed Tubman did not have biological children of her own, and she adopted a baby girl named Gertie when she was already middle-aged in 1874.

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What happened in 1849 Harriet Tubman?

In the fall of 1849, she escaped from slavery alone, and found freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, Tubman made connections and found support among other black and white abolitionists. Although Harriet Tubman found her freedom, she was separated from her family.

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What important things did Harriet Tubman do?

During the Civil War, she became the first woman to lead an armed military raid in June 1863. She was also a Union scout, spy, and nurse. She was a suffragist who fought for women's rights

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When Harriet Tubman was five or six wat happened

Tubman was born a slave in Maryland's Dorchester County around 1820. At age five or six, she began to work as a house servant.

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Who is Harriet Tubman sister

Mariah Ritty Ross and Linah Ross

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What happened to Harriet Tubman's husband?

Tubman and her first husband, John Tubman, were separated after she escaped to freedom. He was already free. By the time she returned, he had remarried. He was later killed in a dispute.

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Did Harriet Tubman ever get caught?

She never learned to read or write, but was smart, calculating, and bold and was never caught during her 13 dangerous missions to lead her friends and family out of slavery. During the Civil War, she became the first woman to lead an armed military raid in June 1863.

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What awards has Harriet Tubman won?

Harriet Tubman received no awards during her lifetime. She has, however, been honored in numerous ways in the years since her death in 1913.

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Why is March 10 Harriet Tubman day ?

Harriet Tubman Day is officially observed in the United States on March 10 to commemorate the anniversary of her passing on that day in 1913. Since she was also born in March in 1822 here in Dorchester County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, we consider March to be Harriet Tubman Month.

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Who is Harriet Tubman niece

Kessiah

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Was Harriet Tubman's father free?

Tubman's father, Ben Ross, was manumitted in older age (which was set to be at age 45, but because it was ignored by owners, he was not manumitted until about age 55 in 1840). Ross purchased his wife, Rit's, freedom in 1855.

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What happened to Harriet Tubman in 1864?

Following the tragic assault on Fort Wagner, Tubman nursed the wounded members of the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first Black regiments to serve in the war. In the summer of 1864, she received a furlough from the Army to return north.

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What was Harriet Tubman's greatest goal?

Tubman devoted her life to the emancipation and betterment of the African-American people.