Who Was Tubman's Journey To Canada?

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September 1851, Tubman made her third trip. She tried to get her husband to come back up North with her, but he decline and told her that he had remarried and did not want to leave. Tubman went to Garret’s house to found there were more passengers to rescue than anticipated. That did not stop her though. Once they reach the safe house of Fredrick Douglas, they remain there until he collect enough money to take them to Canada. After receiving the money, she and her eleven passengers started the journey to Canada. Tubman and her passengers settled in St. Catherine, Ontario in Canada. St. Catherine remained her base of operations until 1857. Tubman led so many slaves from the South to freedom that they gave her the nickname “Moses”, also slave

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