Life of Harriet Tubman's husband intrigues historians
An Elizabeth City slave who escaped, most likely through the local Underground Railroad system, and later married famous former slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman, is the focus of a new search to find details on his life.
Tubman biographer Kate Clifford Larson and local Underground Railroad researcher and advocate Wanda Hunt-McLean are seeking more information about Nelson Davis. They are especially interested in details of his youth as a slave to a Charles family in Elizabeth City.
Based on a study mandated by Congress, the National Park Service could establish sites in Auburn, N.Y., and other places associated with Tubman. Later in life, Tubman ran a small farm and a brick -making business in Auburn with Davis, her second husband, Larson said. More details on Davis' life would enhance the history, she said.
Larson and Hunt-McLean are attempting to find more documentation of Davis or Tubman in North Carolina, Hunt-McLean said. Among other efforts, they plan to search records at Livingstone College in Salisbury, founded by Joseph Price, an African American from Elizabeth City.
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Tubman biographer Kate Clifford Larson and local Underground Railroad researcher and advocate Wanda Hunt-McLean are seeking more information about Nelson Davis. They are especially interested in details of his youth as a slave to a Charles family in Elizabeth City.
Based on a study mandated by Congress, the National Park Service could establish sites in Auburn, N.Y., and other places associated with Tubman. Later in life, Tubman ran a small farm and a brick -making business in Auburn with Davis, her second husband, Larson said. More details on Davis' life would enhance the history, she said.
Larson and Hunt-McLean are attempting to find more documentation of Davis or Tubman in North Carolina, Hunt-McLean said. Among other efforts, they plan to search records at Livingstone College in Salisbury, founded by Joseph Price, an African American from Elizabeth City.