the time of the visit make it likely that this was Tubman's group. Douglass and Tubman admired one another greatly as they both struggled against slavery. When an early biography of Tubman was being prepared in 1868, Douglass wrote a letter to honor her. He compared his own efforts with hers, writing: From 1851 to 1862, Tubman lived in St. Catharines, Ontario, a major terminus of the Underground Railroad and center of abolitionist work. Refugees from the United States were told by Tubman and other conductors to make their way to St. Catharines, once they had crossed the border, and go to the Salem Chapel (earlier known as Bethel Chapel). There, community members would help them settle into a new life in Canada. Over 11 years, Tubman returned repeatedly to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, rescuing some 70 escapees in about 13 expeditions, including her other brothers, Henry, Ben, and Robert, their wives and some of their children. She also provided specific instructions to 50 to 60 additional enslaved people who escaped to the north. Because of her efforts, she was nicknamed "Moses", alluding to the prophet in the Book of Exodus who led the Hebrews to freedom from Egypt. One of her last missions into Maryland was to retrieve her aging parents. Her father, Ben, had purchased Rit, her mother, in 1855 from Eliza Brodess for $20. But even when they were both free, the area became hostile to their presence. Two years later, Tubman received word that her father was at risk of arrest for harboring a group of eight people escaping slavery. She traveled to the Eastern Shore and led them north to St. Catharines, Ontario, where a community of former enslaved people (including Tubman's brothers, other relatives, and many friends) had gathered. Routes and methods Tubman's dangerous work required tremendous ingenuity; she usually worked during winter months, to minimize the likelihood that the group would be seen. One admirer of Tubman said: "She always came in the winter, when the nights are long and dark, and people who have homes stay in them." Once she had made contact with those escaping slavery, they left town on Saturday evenings, since newspapers would not print runaway notices until Monday morning. Her journeys into the land of slavery put her at tremendous risk, and she used a variety of subterfuges to avoid detection. Tubman once disguised herself with a