April 20 |

Harriet Tubman Works On The Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman ( 1822 - March 10, 1913), who was born under the name (Araminta Ross) was one of America's leading abolitionist during the nineteenth century and is said to have started her work on the Underground Railroad on April 20, 1853. Born as a slave in Maryland, Tubman escaped slavery to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom via the network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.

arriet Tubman (c. 1820 – March 10, 1913), far left, with family and neighbors, 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); Lee Chaney (neighbor’s child); “Pop” John Alexander (elderly border in Tubman’s home); Walter Green (neighbor’s child); Blind “Aunty” Sarah Parker (elderly border); Dora Stewart (great-niece and granddaughter of Tubman’s brother Robert Ross aka John Stewart). [Note: Dora Stewart. Photo Attribution: Photographer William H. Cheney, South Orange, NJ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Words That Matter

Harriet Tubman

“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”