A Slice of Eastern Shore History: Harriet Tubman

Posted by Shorebread | Monday, February 17, 2014
tubman_plaqueWith Valentine’s Day over, ShoreBread has gone back to focusing on February as Black History Month. In that vein, we decided to do some historical digging by tracing the story of another great abolitionist from the Shore, Harriet Tubman. Tubman was born into slavery as Araminta Harriet Ross around the year 1820 on a plantation outside of Cambridge, Maryland. Like Frederick Douglass, she never knew her exact birth date … READ MORE