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Discover the fascinating story of Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. Find out how she guided enslaved people to freedom in the small Canadian town of St. Catharines.<\/p>\n
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In 1849, Tubman escaped slavery and fled to Philadelphia. She began leading a series of trips, guiding dozens of escaped slaves to freedom in the free Northern states. In 1850, with the passage of the Fugitive State Law which led to the abduction of former slaves and free blacks living in free states, Tubman re-routed the Underground Railroad to Canada, where slavery had been abolished in 1834. Tubman established her base of operations in nearby St. Catharines, Canada West, or present-day Ontario.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Feature 10″ module_class=”sfly_feature sfly_feature_10″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”column1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”1820-1822: Harriet Tubman is born” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_color=”#e2e2e2″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”48px” _builder_version=”4.17.0″ header_font=”|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||75px|” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”18px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” icon_font_size=”48px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Harriet Tubman was born Araminta “Minty” Ross to enslaved parents on a plantation in Maryland. Her exact birthdate is unknown.<\/p>\n
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In 1844, at the age of 25, Tubman married John Tubman, a free African American. Tubman adopted her husband’s last name and her mother’s first name, changing her name to Harriet Tubman. She and her husband separated years later when he refused to join her escape.<\/p>\n
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After their enslaver died, Tubman and her siblings decided to escape the plantation and head to Pennsylvania. Tubman\u2019s brothers feared being punished for escaping and turned back. Tubman arrived safely in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
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After her escape, Tubman vowed to return to the plantation and bring her family and friends to freedom. For the next 10 years, she made more than a dozen trips to Maryland to free enslaved people via the Underground Railroad.<\/p>\n
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When Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which allowed authorities in non-slave states to capture and return escaped slaves to their owners, Tubman helped reroute the Underground Railroad to Canada.<\/p>\n
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Tubman spent her remaining years in Auburn, New York, tending to her family and other people in need. She married Nelson Davis, a civil war veteran, and the two eventually adopted a baby girl. Tubman became more involved in the women’s suffrage movement of the 1890s.<\/p>\n
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Before her death, Tubman underwent brain surgery because of the head injuries she sustained early in her life. She was buried with military rites in Fort Hill Cemetery, a short drive from the home she gave to the Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.<\/p>\n
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Whirlpool Bridge Plaza is the site where Harriet Tubman and her companions travelled over the Whirlpool Suspension Bridge in 1856, crossing the Niagara River, on their way to freedom in Canada. Today, commemorative panels stand at the entrance of White Water Walk honouring Tubman\u2019s heroic efforts.<\/p>\n
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