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Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland

A wood engraving of fugitive slaves in Maryland from William Still's The Underground Railroad: a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., page 102.

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Underground Railroad, Routes of the Fugitive Slave to Canada. Adapted from W. H. Siebert map. History of the State of New York, edited by A.C. Flick

Map of New York with known and probable routes on the Underground Railroad. Includes major cities in New York and cities in Canada on Lake Ontario.

Harriet Tubman Highway Marker

Marker text: Harriett Tubman 1820-1913 The "Moses of her People," Harriett Tubman of the Bucktown District found freedom from herself and some three hundred other slaves who she led North. In the Civil War she served the Union Army as a nurse,…

Harriet Tubman's Likely Birth Record

A document showing that Anthony Thompson paid $2 to a midwife for Rit, Tubman's mother, on March 15, 1822. This date coincides with Tubman’s likely birth date.