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1898 - Tubman became involved in women’s suffrage (right to vote) giving speeches in Boston, New York and Washington.
1869 - Harriet Tubman married Nelson Davis, 22 years younger than her. They were married in the Presbyterian Church.
1913 - Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia, she was 93. She was buried with military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York.
Unable to sleep, Tubman underwent brain surgery at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital. She refused anesthesia and instead chewed on a bullet just like she had seen soldiers do when they had a leg amputated.
Sarah Hopkins Bradford published a biography of Tubman, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. She got $1,200 from its publication
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1903 - Tubman donated her property to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Auburn to be converted into a home for the “aged and indigent colored people”.
1873 - Tubman borrowed money from a friend to buy gold. Before the exchange Tubman was attacked and her money stolen.
1880 - Tubman’s house in Auburn was destroyed by fire.
1908 - Harriet Tubman Home for the aged celebrated its opening.
1886 - Bradford published a second biography, Harriet, the Moses of her People.