Joseph Stewart's Canal (near Taylors Island, MD)

Joseph Stewart's Canal (near Taylors Island, MD)

Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1820-1913
Stewart, Joseph Fookes, 1779-1839

Between 1810 to 1832, enslaved and free blacks dug a seven-mile canal through the marshes of Parson’s Creek near the town of Madison, MD. The canal, used for commercial transportation, was owned by the slaveholding Stewart family, who had hired-out Harriet Tubman. Tubman’s father, Ben Ross worked at nearby timbering operation, transporting materials on the canal.

New York Times

New York Times

New York Times

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Stodghill, Ron. “Harriet Tubman’s Path to Freedom.” New York Times. Accessed November, 29, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/24/travel/underground-railroad-slavery-harriet-tubman-byway-maryland.html

Renée Ater