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.
In 1844 or 1845, Harriet married John Tubman, a free black. The marriage was apparently not a good match, from the beginning. Shortly after her marriage, she hired a lawyer to investigate her own legal history, and discovered that her mother had been freed on a technicality upon the death of a former owner.
Born into slavery in Maryland as Araminta Ross, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman when she married John Tubman in 1844. When she was 27 years old, she fled to Philadelphia for freedom, then returned to her birthplace several times to help friends and family escape.