Harriet Tubman died on March 10, 1913. Hundreds of people gathered to pay their respects to Tubman on March 13 at the Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church in Auburn. She was later buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery. (By James Chapnick)

One of her main aspirations in Tubman's later years was to establish a location where sick or homeless African Americans could seek care and shelter free of charge. She acquired twenty-five acres of property, but she was forced to sign it over to the AME Zion Church due to her lack of funds. The church would not officially open the Harriet Tubman Home for Aged and Infirm Negroes until June 1908.

-- James Chapnick