Harriet Tubman
c. 1822 – 10 March 1913
American abolitionist who escaped slavery and then guided dozens of enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Harriet Tubman.
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- Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) Overlapped 88 years →
- Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) Overlapped 88 years →
- Joseph Lister (1827–1912) Overlapped 85 years →
- Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) Overlapped 84 years →
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Conducted rescue missions on the Underground Railroad
c. 1850 – c. 1860
She returned to Maryland repeatedly, guiding some seventy people to freedom.
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Guided the Combahee River Raid, freeing over 700 enslaved people
2 June 1863
Source:
en.wikipedia.org
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Married Civil War veteran Nelson Davis
18 March 1869
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