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Main entrance to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. After ten years of planning, fundraising, and construction, the $110 million (~$170 million in 2023) [1] Freedom Center opened to the public on August 3, 2004; official opening ceremonies took place on August 23.
Putnam Historic District, located in Zanesville, Ohio, was an important center of Underground Railroad traffic and home to a number of abolitionists. The district, with private residences and other key buildings important in the fight against slavery, lies between the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, Van Buren Street, and Muskingum River. [2]
Harriet Tubman, c. 1868–1869, who was a significant figure in the history of the Underground Railroad. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Cambridge recognizes her efforts to free enslaved people. President Street Station — Baltimore [27] Harriet Tubman's birthplace — Dorchester County [39] [40]
Harriet Tubman, an American abolitionist and activist, will be honored with an 11-foot bronze statue outside the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center for a limited time.
Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist leader, was born in 1820, and contributed to the freedom of over 700 slaves during her service with the U.S. Army. - MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Harriet Tubman Museum: Cape May: New Jersey: 2020 [74] Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center: Church Creek: Maryland: 2017 [75] Harvey B. Gantt Center: Charlotte: North Carolina: 1974 [76] Henderson Institute Historical Museum: Henderson: North Carolina: 1986 [77] Hotel Metropolitan Museum: Paducah: Kentucky [78] Houston Museum of ...
In October 2020, Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka announced that the city would replace the monument to Columbus with one to Harriet Tubman [6] with the City of Newark commissioning five local artists to present proposals to a 14-person jury. In June 2021, the city announced the selection of Cooke John to complete the monument.
Tubman's commemorative plaque in Auburn, New York, erected 1914. Harriet Tubman (1822–1913) [1] was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.