Timeline by Nash Pickering

Harriet's Birth

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Harriet was born in March, 1822. Old Rit was her mother. The night she was born, Rit knew she would do everything she could to make sure she didn't have to work in the fields. Pages 10-11.

Harriet's Experiences

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Once Harriet was old enough to hang out with the other young ones, she saw her living conditions. She didn't get much food and the person that ate the fastest got the most food. During warm times they would go to the cooler side of the cabin, on the colder days, they would go to where the sun was shining. Pages 12-14.

Harriet's Runaway

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For a while, " Harriet had toyed with the idea of running away,(Petry,46)". She then decided to run. While the wife and husband were in an argument, she looked at the table and saw a bowl of sugar. She reached in, grabbed a handful and ran out the door. She was so starved after a few days gone, that she decided to return. Pages 46-47.

Harriet Hears about the Underground Railroad

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Harriet heard a story about a slave escaping named Tice Davids. He was planning to escape at the Ohio river at Ripley, but his master was near. He then decided to jump strait into the river and go across. The master looked for a boat while not letting Tice out of his sight. Once he got a boat and went across the river with it, Tice was already gone. The master was telling everyone about this strange dissapearence. He said " He must have gone on an underground road,(Petry, 52)". Harriet was confused, was there actually a road that ran underground? Pages 52-54.

Nat Turner's Revolt

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After hearing about Tice's escape, she heard about Nat's revolt. Nat decided that he was going to revolt against his master. "On the night of August 20, 1831, he said to six of his followers: " Our race is to be delivered from bondage, and God has appointed us as the men to do his bidding; I am told to slay all the whites we encounter, men, women, and children... it is necessary that in the commencement of this revolution all the whites we see must die", (Petry, 55)". After Nat's revolt, slaves were put under higher restrictions. Pages 54-57.

Harriet's Injury

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Harriet was picking up an ear of corn off the ground once she saw a slave running. She decided to follow to see what would happen, she knew there was trouble brewing. The slave ran inside the door of the store at crossroads. Harriet stood at the door to protect the slave. The overseer grabbed a 2 pound weight and threw it at the slave. He missed and " Struck Harriet in the forehead, leaving a great open gash there, (Petry, 63)". Pages 63-64.

Harriet's Life Purpose

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Harriet decided her life purpose, " She made two trips a year into slave territory, one in the fall and another in the spring. She now had a defined crystallized purpose, and in carrying it out, her life fell into a pattern which remained unchanged for the next six years, (Petry, 146-147)". Pages 146-147.

Harriet Rescues Her Parents

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On one of her rescue expeditions, she was going to save her parents, (Ben and Old Rit). Once she got to her parents, she was so glad to see them. There was only one problem, they were very old and weren't going to be able to walk the underground railroad. Harriet got a horse and a wagon and put them in the wagon. She did this the whole way to get them to freedom. Pages 188-193.

Harriet's Capture Worth

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After Harriet had saved over 300 slaves from their masters, the national anti-slavery standard published a paper based on a comment from some slaveholders at a convention. The paper said that the underground railroad was so extensive in some areas that the whole slave population had escaped. They also said that after all of Harriet's expeditions to free slaves, her Capture was worth $60,000. Pages 199-200.

Harriet's Death

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Harriet died on March 10th, 1913. She left a legacy like none other. On her grave stone, it read " On my underground railroad I nebber run my train off de track an' I nebber los' a passenger." Pages 241-242.