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Harriet Tubman's family includes her birth family, her two husbands, John Tubman and Nelson Davis, and her adopted daughter, Gertie Davis. Tubman's parents—Benjamin "Ben" Ross and Harriett "Rit" Greene Ross—were enslaved by two different families. Their lives came together when Mary Pattison Brodess, Rit's enslaver, married Anthony Thompson.
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman (c. 1820 – March 10, 1913), circa 1887, at her home in Auburn, NY. Left to right: Harriet Tubman; Gertie Davis {Watson} (adopted daughter born 1874, died ?) behind Tubman; Nelson Davis (husband and 8th USCT veteran) Source: Kate Clifford Larson: Date: Catherine Clinton (2004) gives the date as c. 1885: Source
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African-Americans are living breathing testimonies of our ancestor’s faith in hopeless places; the fruit of familial trees whose roots many The post Harriet Tubman’s legacy endures through ...
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Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist leader, was born in 1820, and contributed to the freedom of over 700 slaves during her service with the U.S. Army. - MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Nelson Charles Davis, the spouse of Harriet Tubman; Nelson H. Davis (1821–1888), American soldier; Nelson M. Davis, former chairman of the Argus Corporation;