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Where did Harriet Tubman live as an adult?

Harriet Tubman lived in Auburn, New York, as an adult. Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland, but escaped to Philadelphia in 1849. She then became an abolitionist and activist for women's suffrage, and settled in Auburn in 1859. She lived there until her death in 1913, and is buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn.