A shekara ta 1868, a kokarin da drum up goyon baya ga Tubman ta da'awar ga wani yakin basasa soja fansho, wani tsohon abolitionist mai suna Salley Holley ya rubuta wata kasida iƙirarin US $ 40,000 "ba ma babban kyauta ga Maryland slaveholders don bayar da ita". irin wannan high kyauta zai yi garnered kasa da hankali, musamman a lokacin da wani karamin gona za a iya saya domin kawai US $ 400. Babu irin wannan kyauta da aka samu a lokacin jaridu. (Gwamnatin tarayya miƙa $ 25,000 ga kama kowane daga John Booth ta karkashin kasa co-conspirators a Lincoln ta kisan kai.) A kyauta na US $ 12,000 an kuma da'awar miƙa, ko da yake babu takardun shaida ga ko dai nuna cewa ta wanzu.
Adadin dalar Amurka 40,000 na iya zama jimillar jimillar kyaututtukan da aka bayar a duk yankin