Harriet Tubman born named as Araminta Ross bless this world with her presence as rumored in the year of 1913 during the month of March. Born into slavery in Dorchester County Maryland’s Eastern Shore county, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various masters as a child. Early in life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when she helped a slave run away. The slave was in the very same store as Tubman and the owner was trying to catch the slave and hurt him. So the owner threw a metal weight intending to hit the slave but Tubman moved in front of the slave to take the hit.
Since Tubman head injury she began to have visions and vivid dreams which she described as premonitions from God. This was just the beginning of a young woman’s mission from God.
In 1849, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then immediately returned to Maryland to rescue her family. Tubman took her time making several missions to help guide slaves to freedom. Tubman used the night darkness for extreme secrecy, and note she never lost a passenger during her missions using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman, widely known and well-respected while she was alive. She became an American icon in the years after she died. Tubman inspired generations of black American struggling for equality a civil rights; she was praised by leaders across the political spectrum. When Tubman died, she was buried with semi-military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn.
1920 Harriet Tubman home was abandoned after later renovated by the AME Zion Church. Today, it welcomes visitors as a museum and education center.
1937 The gravestone for Harriet Tubman Davis was erected by the Empire State Federation of Women’s Clubs; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
1944 The United States Maritime Commission launched the SS Harriet Tubman, its first Liberty ship ever named for a black woman.
1978 The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in honor of Tubman which made her the first black American woman to be honored on a US Postage stamp.
1985 Tubman was posthumously inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame.
1999 The Canadian government designated the Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Catherine’s a National Historic Site because of its association with Tubman.
2002 Scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Harriet Tubman on his list of the 100 Greatest African Americans.
2008 Towson University a PWI named a residence hall after Tubman. A statue of Tubman unveiled in Manhattan.
2009 Salisbury University unveiled a statue of Tubman.
2013 President Barack Obama signed a proclamation creating Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
2016 then U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced plans to add Tubman to the front of the twenty-dollar bill, moving President Andrew Jackson to the rear of the bill.
- Born Araminta Ross
c. 1822[1]
Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S.
Died March 10, 1913 (aged 90–91)
Auburn, New York, U.S.
Resting place
Fort Hill Cemetery
Auburn, New York, U.S.
Residence
Auburn, New York, U.S.
Other names
Minty, Moses
Occupation
Civil War Nurse, Suffragist, Civil Rights activist
Spouse(s)
John Tubman
(m. 1844; div. 1851)
Nelson Davis
(m. 1869; d. 1888)
Children
Gertie (adopted)
Parent(s)
Harriet Greene Ross
Ben Ross
Relatives
Modesty (grandmother)
Linah (sister)
Mariah Ritty (sister)
Soph (sister)
Robert (brother)
Ben (brother)
Rachel (sister)
Henry (brother)
Moses (brother)
Currently, there is a movie titled: Harriet released on November 1, 2019....please do not take this movie as the correct and factual story of Harriet Ross Tubman. I had the chance to view this movie and I was by far disappointed with so many false stories presented in the movie.
For starters, the movie was produced by people in Canada and not once did anyone part of this movie visited the actual location and area Harriet was born. For example, if they had visited they would of known the part in the movie where Harriet jumps off the bridge and washed up on shore is by far INCORRECT!!!
But unless you are familiar with her legacy and lived where she is from then you wouldn't have a clue that the movie did not tell the truth.
Also the movie failed to show how Harriet Tubman stole her family members right off of the auctioning stage located in Cambridge Maryland. Instead, the movie showcase her family and parents leaving in wagons, in which was not completely true.
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