James montgomery, tubman spied on confederate territory When she returned with information about the locations of warehouses and ammunition, montgomery’s troops were able to make carefully planned attacks. In 1849, tubman escaped to philadelphia, only to return to maryland to rescue her family soon after Slowly, one group at a time, she brought relatives with her out of the state, and eventually guided dozens of other enslaved people to freedom. Harriet tubman helped john brown plan his raid on the arsenal at harpers ferry, which they hoped would encourage a nationwide slave revolt, and later, she supported the union army as a nurse, scout, guide, and spy during the american civil war. 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.
After the war, tubman settled in auburn, new york, where she continued to advocate for women’s suffrage and civil rights She also established the harriet tubman home for the aged, a home for elderly african americans who were poor and/or disabled Tubman lived there herself until her death in 1913 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. A washington newspaper stated in 1839 that an escaped enslaved man called jim had confessed, under torture, his plan to travel north through an “underground railroad to boston.”
As a young woman, she married john tubman and changed her name John was free, but his status was not enough to protect his new wife, now named harriet, from being arbitrarily sold. On her first escape, tubman trekked through the woods at night, found shelter and aid from free blacks and quakers, and eventually reached freedom in philadelphia to align with william still and the vigilance committee.
OPEN
