In around 1844, she married John Tubman, a free Black man. However, the marriage later broke down. Shown is a statue of Harriet Tubman created by Wesley Wofford, outside of City Hall in ...

Around 1844 she married a free black named John Tubman and took his last name. (She was born Araminta Ross; she later changed her first name to Harriet, after her mother.) In 1849, in fear that ...

Manokey remembers first hearing Harriet Tubman’s name when she was 5. Knowing that Tubman was in her, she says, made her fight harder for what she believed in. The daughter of two cannery workers, ...

Historians continue to investigate the inscription on the inside cover—“Harriet Tubman Davis Book.” (Tubman married Nelson Davis, a Civil War veteran, in 1869.) Denied education as a slave ...

In around 1844, she married John Tubman ... This is an important moment in Harriet Tubman’s story, with Britannica saying: “Tubman displayed extraordinary courage, persistence and iron ...