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Harriet Tubman Page |
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| 1619 | The first African slaves are brought to Virginia |
| 1808 | The US bans the import of slaves |
| 1820 | Araminta Harriet Greene (Tubman) born in Maryland |
| 1844 | Harriet marries John Tubman, a free black man |
| 1849 | Harriet Tubman escapes to the North |
| 1850 | Harriet Tubman starts rescuing slaves via the Underground Railroad |
| 1857 | Dred Scott Supreme Court decision - slaves did not have the right to bring a case to court |
| 1858 | Harriet Tubman buys a farm near Auburn, New York |
| 1859 | John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry |
| 1861 | Abraham Lincoln elected President of the US; Civil War starts |
| 1863 | Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation |
| 1865 | Civil War ends; Lincoln is assassinated; 13th amendment to Constitution abolishes slavery |
| 1868 | 14th amendment to Constitution grants citizenship to former slaves |
| 1870 | 15th amendment to Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of race |
| 1913 | Harriet Tubman dies on March 10, 1913, Auburn, N.Y |
Questions:
1. In which US state was Harriet born? ____________________________
2. In what year did Harriet Tubman escape slavery? _________________
3. In what year did the Civil War begin? _________________
4. In what year did the Civil War end ? _________________
5. In what year did Harriet Tubman die ? _________________
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