Jul 1, 2023 · John Tubman was a freeborn black man who became Harriet’s first husband. Their separation, brought on by Harriet’s will to gain her own freedom in the North, represents the …

In late 1851, Tubman returned to Dorchester County for the first time since her escape, this time to find her husband John. When she arrived there, she learned that John had married another …

Feb 15, 2025 · Tubman's second husband, Nelson Davis, is seated to her left; their daughter, Gertie, stands between them. Tubman married Davis, a veteran Union soldier, in 1869, and …

Harriet Tubman's family includes her birth family, her two husbands, John Tubman and Nelson Davis, and her adopted daughter, Gertie Davis. Tubman's parents—Benjamin "Ben" Ross and …

Sep 7, 2013 · Harriet's own husband, John Tubman was a free black man. Her status, however, remained unchanged until she fled to Pennsylvania – a free state – in 1849. Her husband did …

Sep 15, 2020 · Harriet Tubman married John Tubman. Tubman would in 1849 escape on her own from her Bucktown, Maryland farm to Philadelphia after an earlier attempt to flee with her …

Jan 25, 2024 · Harriet Tubman is widely ⁤recognized as a courageous abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad, but the role of her husband, John Tubman, in shaping her life …

Oct 24, 2021 · Little is known about John Tubman, who was Harriet’s first husband. We know that he was a free Black man and married Harriet around 1844. The marriage was complicated due …

During her time with the Union Army, Tubman met her second husband, Nelson Davis. The couple married in 1869 in Auburn, NY where he, Tubman, and her freed family members (one …

Jan 29, 2025 · Harriet Tubman and John Tubman were married for about five years. They met in the early 1840s on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. At the time, Harriet was still …