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Feb 13, 2024 · Harriet Tubman was a deeply spiritual woman who lived her ideals and dedicated her life to freedom. She is the Underground Railroad’s best known conductor and before the Civil War repeatedly risked her life to guide 70 enslaved people north to new lives of freedom. This new national historical park preserves the same landscapes that Tubman used to carry herself and others away from slavery.
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Apr 12, 2024 · Harriet Tubman was guided by a deep faith and devotion to family, freedom, and community. After emancipating herself and members of her family, she moved them from Ontario, Canada to Fleming and Auburn, New York in 1859. Central New York was a center for progressive thought, abolition, and women’s suffrage where Tubman continued to fight for human rights and dignity until she died in 1913.
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park. Contact: 410-221-2290 . E-mail the park. Dorchester County. 4068 Golden Hill Road Church Creek, MD 21622 . Hours: The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center is now open to the public from 10am - 4pm Tuesday through Sunday. We are closed Thanksgiving and Christmas day.
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park (HATU) memorializes this legacy not through physical structures, but by instead through the landscape in Tubman’s native Dorchester County, Maryland which has been preserved by private and public stewards. Born Araminta Ross to enslaved parents in 1822, the future humanitarian ...
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.
- 480 acres (190 ha)
- Church Creek, Maryland
- 2013
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Jan 16, 2024 · She died of pneumonia in 1913 at an estimated age of 91 and was buried with military honors. Workers broke ground on construction of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Park ...
On December 19, 2014, the President signed into law H.R. 3979, which was authorized the creation of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park. Together, the national historical park and monument will preserve the unique landscape associated with Harriet Tubman's life on the Eastern Shore.
