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Harriet Tubman: South Street
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In 1861, Tubman returned to the south to assist "contraband" soldiers, enslaved blacks who left home and attached themselves to the Union Army. The next year, she responded to a call from the Union Army and traveled first to Beaufort, South Carolina, to be a nurse and teacher to the many Gullah people who had been abandoned by their owners on South Carolina's Sea Islands. She then went to Fernandina, Florida. In the spring of 1863, at the request of Union officials, Tubman organized a scouting service of black men and began leading expeditions into enemy territory seeking strategic information. But perhaps her most dramatic service to the Union Army was her leadership of the Combahee River expedition in July of 1863.
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In 1870, Harriet married Nelson Davis, who she had met at a South Carolina army base. They were happily married for 18 years until Davis' death. In 1896, Harriet purchased land to build a home for sick and needy blacks. However, she was unable to raise enough money to build the house and ultimately gave the land to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The church completed the home in 1908, and Harriet moved there several years later. She spent her last years in the home telling stories of her life to visitors.
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In 1863, Tubman led a group of African American Union soldiers on raids along the Comcahee River in South Carolina. There she met a soldier named Nelson Davis. They were married in Auburn in 1869, with the Sewards among the many friends in attendance. Davis and Tubman lived in a brick house on the property until his death in 1888. That house is now used as home for the Resident Manager of the Harriet Tubman Home.
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During the Civil War, Tubman enlisted as a nurse and served in South Carolina. She then became a scout and spy. Her help and information was invaluable. She personally led troops in July, 1863 disrupting supplies lines and freeing hundreds of slaves. Sadly, Tubman was never recognized as a regular operative in the US Army and was not paid regularly nor given a pension.
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During the Civil War, Tubman served the Union as a soldier, spy and nurse. She was denied payment for her wartimes services and returned to Auburn, N.Y. There, she married Nelson Davis whom she had met in South Carolina during the war. Only 12 miles from Seneca Falls, she helped Auburn remain a center for women's activities. In 1995, the federal government honored her with a commemorative stamp.
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After the outbreak of the Civil War, Tubman served as a soldier, spy, and a nurse, for a time serving at Fortress Monroe, where Jefferson Davis would later be imprisoned. While guiding a group of black soldiers in South Carolina, she met Nelson Davis, who was ten years her junior. Denied payment for her wartime service, Tubman was forced, after a bruising fight, to ride in a baggage car on her return to Auburn.
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