Claim: The Home for the Aged in the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park was established after Harriet Tubman moved herself and her parents to Auburn, NY, and bought two properties beside each other.
Evidence: Harriet Tubman moved herself and her parents from St.Catherines, Ontario to Auburn, NY in 1857. They relocated into a brick home on the outskirts of Auburn located at 180 South Street she had purchased from an acquaintance William H. Seward, which then was an illegal transaction. In 1896, Tubman purchased a 25-acre parcel from a property next door, 182 South Street, for $1,450, this land would later become the Home for the Aged.