where did harriet tubman live after the civil war?
Auburn
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 The loss of this opportunity caused serious discord in the Balzac household , although Honoré was not turned away entirely . Instead , in April 1819 he was allowed to live in the French capital – as English critic George Saintsbury describes it – " in a garret furnished in the most Spartan fashion , with a starvation allowance and an old woman to look after him " , while the rest of the family moved to a house twenty miles [ 32 km ] outside Paris . 

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 In early 1859 , abolitionist Republican U.S. Senator William H. Seward sold Tubman a small piece of land on the outskirts of Auburn , New York , for US $ 1 @,@ 200 . The city was a hotbed of antislavery activism , and Tubman seized the opportunity to deliver her parents from the harsh Canadian winters . Returning to the U.S. meant that escaped slaves were at risk of being returned to the south under the Fugitive Slave Law , and Tubman 's siblings expressed reservations . Catherine Clinton suggests that anger over the 1857 Dred Scott decision may have prompted Tubman to return to the U.S. Her land in Auburn became a haven for Tubman 's family and friends . For years , she took in relatives and boarders , offering a safe place for black Americans seeking a better life in the north . 

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 In 1850 , Lowell 's mother died unexpectedly , as did his third daughter , Rose . Her death left Lowell depressed and reclusive for six months , despite the birth of his son Walter by the end of the year . He wrote to a friend that death " is a private tutor . We have no fellow @-@ scholars , and must lay our lessons to heart alone . " These personal troubles as well as the Compromise of 1850 inspired Lowell to accept an offer from William Wetmore Story to spend a winter in Italy . To pay for the trip , Lowell sold land around Elmwood , intending to sell off further acres of the estate over time to supplement his income , ultimately selling off 25 of the original 30 acres ( 120 @,@ 000 m2 ) . Walter died suddenly in Rome of cholera , and Lowell and his wife , with their daughter Mabel , returned to the United States in October 1852 . Lowell published recollections of his journey in several magazines , many of which would be collected years later as Fireside Travels ( 1867 ) . He also edited volumes with biographical sketches for a series on British Poets . 

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 To help her escape this awkward domestic situation , Harriet 's maternal aunt Henrietta arranged for her niece to marry her lover of seventeen years , Granville Leveson @-@ Gower , 1st Earl Granville . The couple 's marriage proved to be happy , and it produced five children . Granville served as his country 's ambassador to France intermittently from 1824 to 1841 , and he was awarded an earldom in 1833 . With her position , Harriet acted as hostess to Parisian society , writing detailed accounts that were later published . She died in 1862 of a stroke , having been widowed fifteen years . 

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 Returning to the U.S. , the newlyweds settled in New York City , in a house provided by Franklin 's mother , as well as at the family 's estate overlooking the Hudson River in Hyde Park , New York . From the beginning , Eleanor had a contentious relationship with her controlling mother @-@ in @-@ law . The townhouse Sara gave to Eleanor and Franklin was connected to her own by sliding doors , and Sara ran both households in the decade after the marriage . Early on , Eleanor had a breakdown in which she explained to Franklin that " I did not like to live in a house which was not in any way mine , one that I had done nothing about and which did not represent the way I wanted to live " , but little changed . Sara also sought to control the raising of her grandchildren , and Eleanor reflected later that " Franklin 's children were more my mother @-@ in @-@ law 's children than they were mine " . Eleanor 's eldest son James remembered Sara telling her grandchildren , " Your mother only bore you , I am more your mother than your mother is . " 
