... she rescued her then 70-year-old parents. Becoming friends with the leading abolitionists of that time, Harriet took part in antislavery meetings. She worked closely with black antislavery activist William Still in Philadelphia and with Underground Railroad conductor Thomas Garrett, a Quaker who lived in Wilmington, Delaware. Abolitionist John Brown gave her the title "General Tubman. On the way to such ... of black soldiers known as the Glory Brigade. She later received an official commendation, but no pay for her efforts. In 1869 she married an African American war veteran, Nelson Dav...

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