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A plaque honoring famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unveiled Monday in the area near her birthplace on the Eastern Shore, ...
Harriet Tubman, born into slavery, spent her teenage years living with and working alongside her father at the very site.
Harriet Tubman is remembered in an Eastern Shore pop-up exhibit. This is the largest Harriet Tubman-focused art show.
The home, located in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County, belonged to Tubman's father, Ben Ross. Harriet Tubman was the trailblazing leader of the Underground Railroad ...
"These things told us a lot about not only Ben Ross, but Harriet Tubman and where she came from."Schablitsky has been leading the architectural dig in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge ...
Ben Ross’ home was found after an extensive search by MDOT archaelogists in 2021. Harriet Tubman worked alongside her father as a teenager while he was enslaved as a timber foreman. He became ...
A new roadside historical marker now stands on Maryland's Eastern Shore, honoring Maryland native Harriet Tubman.
According to Smithsonian, the Maryland Department of Transportation‘s (MDOT) online museum showcases artifacts from Ben Ross’s home in Dorchester County, Maryland, where Tubman (then named ...
Gov. Wes Moore unveiled a new roadside historical marker celebrating abolitionist Harriet Tubman and marking her birthplace.
The artifacts come from a site where archaeologists believe a home once stood where Tubman’s father, Ben Ross, lived with his family in the early 1800s. It was found by Schablitsky and her team ...
Archaeologists in Maryland have uncovered artifacts believed to have belonged to Harriet Tubman and her father, Ben Ross, at a site deep within the wetlands of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.