es (Biblical hero who led the Hebrews out ofenslavement in Egypt.) Harriet Tubman was an inspiration to both white and black abolitionists. Sheworked closely with a black antislavery activist named William Still inPhiladelphia with Underground Railroad conductor Thomas Garrett, a Quakerwho lived in Wilmington, Delaware. An abolitionist named John Brown gave herthe title "General Tubman." She discussed with John Brown his plan to start arevolution against slavery in the South. She got sick. That prevented her fromjoining him at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in his unlucky 1859attack. When the Civil War began in 1861, Harriet Tubman served as a nurse, scout,and spy for the Union Army in South Carolina. She prepared food for the 54thMassachusetts Regiment, made up of black soldiers only. She later got anofficial thank you, but no pay for her work. In 1869 she married an AfricanAmerican war veteran, Nelson Davis. He died in 1890. Harriet Tubman spent the years after the war in the North. She continued herwork to improve the blacks lives in the United States. She raised money to helpescaped slaves with food, shelter, and education. Harriet Tubman also createda care center for the elderly in her house in Auburn. Harriet Tubman wasn’t ableto read or write. In 1869 her friend Sarah Bradford helped her write herbiography, Scenes from the Life of Harriet Tubman, so that heraccomplishments could be inspiring to others. Harriet Tubman became involved in getting the rights of women, mostly ofblack women. In 1895 she was a representative at the first and only meeting ofthe National Conference of Colored Women in America (NCCWA), (a groupformed to combat attacks, made by the press and others, on the morality andcivic pride of African American women.) The NCCWA changed into theNational Association of Colored Women in 1896. Harriet Tubman was not veryinvolved in this group. She became a strong supporter of woman suffrage. In 1974, a...
