The guide leads people on trails through forest, marsh and field to enhance understanding of the Underground Railroad. A National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site.
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The home was a major stop along the Underground Railroad and is now a private home. The home is on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway audio tour. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.
This area is part of the former Anthony C. Thompson "Poplar Neck" plantation where Harriet Tubman conducted several escape missions during the 1850's. Access the bridge from the Choptank Marina. This site is on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway audio tour and has a byway interpretive marker. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.
This former Union encampment was established in 1863 for the recruitment and training of black soldiers, some whom had recently escaped enslavement. Paddle an African-American heritage water trail along the Patuxent River to the site. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.
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Only mid-scale extended stay hotel in the city, situated on the areas only Hospitality Campus. Plenty of shopping and Dining options. Easy access to I-81 and I-70, where north and south meets east and west.
Henry Highland Garnet was born enslaved here on the "Darby" plantation. At the age of seven, in 1822, he fled with his family and several other enslaved men. Garnet became a famous abolitionist and preacher, the first black minister to preach to the U.S. House of Representatives. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.
Established in 1851 by the Beneficial Society of Laboring Sons of Frederick City, the City of Frederick acquired the burial ground in 1950 and placed a park on the site. Among those buried here are six Civil War veterans who served in colored regiments.
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