tubman unlike frederick douglas willing to join john brown. brown's repeated postponement of poor communication channels prevented tubman from joining him on the attack on harper's ferry. but in the wake of brown's death hair rot tubman participated in the first public rescue. on april 27, 1860, a fugitive was being held by authorities in troy, new york. in october 18, '58, he had fled virginia to try to find his wife and three children who were epans emancipated and living in pennsylvania. his luck ran out when a virginia bounty hunter came to town to reclaim him. the slave catcher was none other than his own brother, a free black who had been paid to do slave master's dirty work. harriet tubman was in troy to visit a relative. she carried a food basket and climbed the steps to the second floor hearing room. her props held her to appear an elderly woman which eased her way into this guarded legal chamber. she was standing at the back when it was announced that he would be shipped back to virginia. harriet tubman knew she should seize the momen

tubman became a friend and an admirer of john brown. after their first brief meeting they formed an abiding mutual bond. they shared an intense, impassioned hatred of slavery and both were willing to act on this belief. brown always called tubman "general" which signaled his high esteem for her accomplishments and his recognition that she took a military role, that she was a warrior. tubman, unlike fred ridge -- frederick douglass was willing to join john brown on his raid to incite a slave uprising in the south. brown's repeated postponement of the date prevented tubman from joining him on the attack on harper's ferry but in the wake of brown's death and his martyrdom, harriet tubman participated in her first public rescue of a recaptured slave. in 18 saket charles nall, a light-skinned fugitive was being held in new york. in october nall had fled virginia to try to find his wife and three children who were emancipated and living in pennsylvania. by the spring of 1860 he had moved to troy where he was employed as a coachman, but his luc