Follow in Harriet Tubman’s Footsteps on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

What is it like to experience the life of one of the world’s most unlikely heroes, Harriet Tubman? Visitors have called exploring the place of her birth moving, powerful, and inspiring.

Born in Dorchester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Tubman had everything against her: she was enslaved and illiterate, and thanks to a brain injury caused by an overseer, she was disabled. Today, in beautiful “Tubman Country,” you can see the places where she lived, toiled, and worshipped. Learn of the daring and ingenious escapes she led to bring friends and family from slavery to freedom—becoming a hero known worldwide.

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IMAGE: Harriet Tubman Mural © Jay Fleming Photography