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 ...

Harriet Tubman (far left), with a group of former ... after seeing soldiers do this during amputations. Tubman’s last words were, “I go away to prepare a place for you”.

Of all the abolitionist praise collected and printed as testimonials in the first full-length account of Harriet Tubman’s life, Frederick Douglass’s words are ... out her last years alone.

Cooley Law School. She also co-hosts Genealogy Roadshow on PBS. In this blog post, Berry discusses the history of Harriet Tubman and how Charlotte Jenkins channels her strength in Mercy Street. .