Harriet Ross Tubman Davis (b. circa 1822 - d. 1913)
MSA SC 3520-13562
Fled from Slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1849
Accomplice to Slave Flight, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, 1850 - 1863

Sources:

Newspapers and Journals -

“A Female Conductor of the Underground Railroad.” Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser 5 June 1860.

Books:

Larson, Kate Clifford. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2004.

Siebert, Wilbur H. The Underground Railroad: From Slavery to Freedom. New York: Arno Press, 1968.

Stegman, Carolyn B. Women of Achievement in Maryland History. University Park, MD : Women of Achievement in Maryland History, Inc., 2002.

Still, William. The Underground Railroad. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company Inc., 1970. 

Telford, Emma P. Harriet: The Modern Moses of Heroism and Visions. Auburn, NY: Cayuga County Museum, 1905.

Web-based:

Bradford, Sarah H. Harriet: The Moses of Her People. New York, NY: Geo. R. Lockwood & Son, 1886. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libaries: Documenting the American South. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/harriet/harriet.html

Bradford, Sarah H. Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. Auburn, NY: W.J. Moses, 1869. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libaries: Documenting the American South. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/bradford/bradford.html

Brawley, Benjamin Griffith. Women of Achievement: Written for the Fireside Schools Under the Auspices of the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society. 1919. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libaries: Documenting the American South. http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/brawley/brawley.html

Other Sources:

Larson, Kate. Public talk given by the author, Annapolis, MD, 30 June 2003

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