2. Local law such as a zoning ordinance enacted by the governing body of a city or municipality which applies only within its boundaries. To have full force and effect of law, an ordinance must not be in conflict with any higher law such as state or national law or constitutional provisions.
After the war, Harriet returned home to Auburn. In 1869, she married Nelson Davis and together they shared a calm, peaceful 19 year marriage until he died. The quote below, echoing Patrick Henry, is the Sarah Bradford biography, The Moses of Her People, of Harriet Tubman: Harriet was now left alone, . . .
In 1859, Harriet Tubman bought a house in Fleming, New York from Senator William H. Seward, and brought members of her family inside her new home. Fleming and Auburn, New York became her community. After the war slavery was abolished, but women and African Americans continued their fight for equality and voting rights.