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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, c. 1885. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park is a 480-acre (190 ha) National Park Service unit in the U.S. state of Maryland.It commemorates the life of former enslaved Harriet Tubman, who became an activist in the Underground Railroad prior to the American Civil War.
Location (in red) of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park within the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (in yellow). Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross in the early 1820s [1] [2] [3] on the plantation of Anthony Thompson near the village of Madison in Dorchester County on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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 ...
The traveling monument aims to inspire and encourage others to walk in Harriet Tubman's footsteps and draw strength from her story.
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) 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 collectively as the Underground Railroad.
Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts.The site interprets the lives of Abigail Smith Adams (1744 - 1818) and Louisa Catherine Adams (1775 - 1852); Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument - Dedicated a national monument by President Barack Obama on April 12, 2016, the Sewall–Belmont House in Washington, D.C. has been home to the National Woman's Party since 1929.
The park was created in 2007 through a land swap with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and developed in conjunction with the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park. The park is the trailhead for the 125-mile (201 km) Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and All American Road. [3]