1849: Escaped

slavery to become a
leading abolitionist.

Born:
March
1822

1850: Re-routed

1858: Tubman introduced to

Underground Railroad to
Canada, which prohibited
slavery, so she could save
her family.

the abolitionist John Brown. He

advocated the use of violence
to disrupt and destroy the
institution of slavery.

Harriet Tubman
1851: Led a group of
1850: Led hundreds of
enslaved people to
freedom along the route of
the Underground Railroad.

11 fugitives northward,
evidence suggests that
they stopped at
abolitionist and former
slave, Fredrick Douglas
house.

Died:
March 10,
1913