Harriet Tubman: Chronology

Celebrating Black History Month: Harriet Tubman

There was one or two things I had a right to,
liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would
have the other; for no man should take me alive. . . .

Chronology

1816-1823 Tubman's birthdate is unknown; however, it is known that she was born in Buckstown, Maryland in the late teens or early twenties.

1830s At some point during her childhood, Tubman's face was slashed with a sword because she refused to clean mud off the boots of a British soldier.

1835 Received a fractured skull while trying to defend another slave against an abusive master

1844 Married John Tubman

1849 Ran away from the plantation where she was a slave because she feared she was about to be sold

1850-1860 Made nineteen journies into the South, rescuing 300 slaves and leading them to freedom through The Underground Railroad

1857 Helped her 70-year-old parents escape from the South. They were too ill to make the long trek, so she arranged for them to be carried to safety

1862-1864 Served as a cook, a nurse, and a spy in the Civil War

1865 The Civil War ended and all slaves were freed

1867 Harriet's husband John Tubman died

1869 Married Nelson Davis

1871 William Still published his work The Underground Railroad. Also a participant in the Underground Railroad, Still wrote about Tubman based upon his own contact with her.

1888 Husband Nelson Davis died

1903 The

1908 Built the John Brown Home for the poor and elderly in Auburn, New York. The home, which is today a museum, was later renamed the Harriet Tubman Home in her honor.

1913 Harriet Tubman died March 10, 1913.

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1816-1823	Tubman's birthdate is unknown; however, it is known that she was born in Buckstown, Maryland in the late teens or early twenties.
1830s	At some point during her childhood, Tubman's face was slashed with a sword because she refused to clean mud off the boots of a British soldier.
1835	Received a fractured skull while trying to defend another slave against an abusive master
1844	Married John Tubman
1849	Ran away from the plantation where she was a slave because she feared she was about to be sold
1850-1860	Made nineteen journies into the South, rescuing 300 slaves and leading them to freedom through The Underground Railroad
1857	Helped her 70-year-old parents escape from the South. They were too ill to make the long trek, so she arranged for them to be carried to safety
1862-1864	Served as a cook, a nurse, and a spy in the Civil War
1865	The Civil War ended and all slaves were freed
1867	Harriet's husband John Tubman died
1869	Married Nelson Davis
1871	William Still published his work The Underground Railroad. Also a participant in the Underground Railroad, Still wrote about Tubman based upon his own contact with her.
1888	Husband Nelson Davis died
1903	The
1908	Built the John Brown Home for the poor and elderly in Auburn, New York. The home, which is today a museum, was later renamed the Harriet Tubman Home in her honor.
1913	Harriet Tubman died March 10, 1913.