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Harriet Tubman's family includes her birth family, her two husbands, John Tubman and Nelson Davis, and her adopted daughter, Gertie Davis. Tubman's parents—Benjamin "Ben" Ross and Harriett "Rit" Greene Ross—were enslaved by two different families.
1 Αυγ 2024 · After reading about Gertie Davis, the adopted daughter of Harriet Tubman, discover the largely forgotten story of Bessie Blount Griffin, the enterprising Black entrepreneur who created devices to help veteran amputees during World War II.
15 Σεπ 2024 · Despite living in the shadow of her, Gertie Davis grew up in an environment shaped by Tubman’s values of resilience, compassion, and service. Davis witnessed the hardships the family endured,...
17 Νοε 2023 · Despite being much younger, Davis died much earlier than her in 1888 due to tuberculosis, and they never got to have any biological children. However, they did adopt a daughter, Gertie Davis, who also died very early on in life without having any children.
9 Φεβ 2022 · It is believed Tubman did not have biological children of her own, and she adopted a baby girl named Gertie when she was already middle-aged in 1874. This adopted daughter died relatively young, but Tubman also helped to raise her siblings’ children and grandchildren.
20 Νοε 2023 · Harriet did not have biological children of her own and her adopted daughter Gertie died when she was relatively young, according to Ms Magazine.
30 Οκτ 2019 · According Kate Clifford Larson’s Bound for the Promised Land, Tubman carried a pistol during rescue missions, “telling her charges to go on or die, for a dead fugitive slave could tell no ...
