16/08/2024
1887 Photograph of Harriet Tubman, her Husband Nelson Davis, and Their Adopted Daughter Gertie.
Harriet Tubman married her second husband Nelson Davis on March 18, 1869 with whom they adopted daughter, Gertie. Born in North Carolina, her husband had served as a private in the 8th United States Colored Infantry Regiment from September 1863 to November 1865. Nelson died on October 14, 1888 of tuberculosis.
The great Harriet Tubman d.ied of pneumonia in 1913 at the age of 93 surrounded by family members whom she told “I go to prepare a place for you.”
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