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Race/Related: Climate Change Is Washing Away Memories of Harriet Tubman

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No place better remembers the abolitionist than Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where she was born en

No place better remembers the abolitionist than Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where she was born enslaved 200 years ago. [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP4QoAWh0dHBzOi8vbWVzc2FnaW5nLWN1c3RvbS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS90ZW1wbGF0ZS9vYWt2Mj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZwcm9kdWN0Q29kZT1SUiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1cmk9bnl0JTNBJTJGJTJGbmV3c2xldHRlciUyRjllZDA5ZmE2LWRhZjYtNTY0MS04NWU1LWQwYTM0YTE2MThlNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)|[nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0SwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)[Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-ad-marquee) ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTgwJmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDYyNVcDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ [More Race/Related](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vc3BvdGxpZ2h0L3JhY2U_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA2MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjQ5OTUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTk2NzkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) June 25, 2022 No place better remembers the abolitionist Harriet Tubman than Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where she was born enslaved 200 years ago. Much of her story is told through its land.Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Finding Traces of Harriet Tubman in Maryland By Martha S. Jones Of the many feats Harriet Tubman accomplished, none awe me more as an historian than the [estimated 13](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2xlYXJuL2hpc3RvcnljdWx0dXJlL2h0dWJtYW4uaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) trips she made to Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Each time, she stole family and friends from enslavement much in the way Tubman first secreted herself away to freedom in [1849](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9hcnRpY2xlcy90dWJtYW4uaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). Born on the Eastern Shore, Tubman grew into a fearless conductor along the perilous routes of the [Underground Railroad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0S6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2luZGV4Lmh0bT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), guiding enslaved people on journeys that extended hundreds of miles to the north, ending on the free soil of Pennsylvania, New York and Canada. This year commemorates [the 200th anniversary](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9hcnRpY2xlcy8wMDAvZGV0ZXJtaW5pbmctaGFycmlldC10dWJtYW4tcy1iaXJ0aC15ZWFyLmh0bT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) of her birth and tributes to Tubman abound, including those set in the landscape of her [native Dorchester County](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2xlYXJuL2hpc3RvcnljdWx0dXJlL3Jlc2VhcmNoLmh0bT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). I headed to the Eastern Shore to learn how people there remember this Black American freedom fighter, only to discover that the rising waters of climate change are washing away the memories of Tubman that are embedded in the coastal marshland she knew so well. During each rescue, precious human cargo in tow, Tubman waded into marshes of tall grass and maneuvered through forests dense with pine and oak. Moving under cover of night, Tubman was [guided](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP4QwAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmdvb2dsZS5mci9ib29rcy9lZGl0aW9uL1RoZV9GcmVlZG1lbl9zX1JlY29yZC8xaF9WQUFBQU1BQUo_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZHE9JTIyZnJlZWRtZW4lMjdzK3JlY29yZCUyMislMjJNb3NlcyUyMiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZnYnB2PTEmaGw9ZW4maW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjQ5OTUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcGc9UEEzNCZwcmludHNlYz1mcm9udGNvdmVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) by the constant stars. [Angela Crenshaw](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZW5yb2xlLmNvbS9ueWJnL2pzcC9pbnN0cnVjdG9yRGV0YWlsLmpzcD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZpbnN0cnVjdG9ySWQ9RDRERTdBMDAmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTk2NzkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), a Maryland State Park Ranger, described her as “the ultimate outdoors woman,” someone who made the region’s terrain her ally as she defied slave patrols and a system that held Black Americans as mere chattel. The historian in me knows that Tubman’s time here is long past. She escaped to free soil in Pennsylvania more than a century and a half ago, only returning to the Eastern Shore for the rescues of enslaved people. Still, like a visit to an old family homestead, I hoped that returning to Tubman’s land might allow me to better understand how her past can inform our present. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDYyNVcDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ The abolitionist and Union Army spy Harriet Tubman guided enslaved people along the perilous secret paths to freedom known as the Underground Railroad.Getty The Black freedom fighter Until her death in [1913](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2xlYXJuL2hpc3RvcnljdWx0dXJlL2h0dWJtYW4uaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), Tubman committed to securing America’s best ideals — freedom, dignity, equality — in the face of its worst sins, including slavery and racism. While no precise record of Tubman’s birth survives, historians and the National Park Service say that she was born Araminta Ross, likely in March 1822. When she was not yet 30, she launched her career as a conductor of loved ones, freedom seekers, along treacherous routes. Her reputation for heroism in challenging slavery was already well-established when the Civil War broke out in 1861. Legally still enslaved, Tubman [risked capture](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly9vcGluaW9uYXRvci5ibG9ncy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDEzLzA2LzA3L2hhcnJpZXQtdHVibWFucy1ncmVhdC1yYWlkLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) by joining the Union’s front lines to defeat Confederate rebels and win slavery’s abolition. Her [service as a nurse, a relief worker among](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TFaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9wZW9wbGUvaGFycmlldC10dWJtYW4uaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)enslaved [refugees, a scout and a spy](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TFaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9wZW9wbGUvaGFycmlldC10dWJtYW4uaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) was partly rewarded decades later with a pension. [Settling in upstate Auburn, N.Y](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2xlYXJuL2hpc3RvcnljdWx0dXJlL2h0dWJtYW4uaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)., Tubman [established a home for aging and indigent Black Americans](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2xlYXJuL2hpc3RvcnljdWx0dXJlL2h0dWJtYW4uaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), many of whom, like her, had little means of support during their last years. Tubman never wholly retired and, amid early 20th-century Black struggles against segregation and lynching, she [promoted efforts to win votes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2xlYXJuL2hpc3RvcnljdWx0dXJlL2h0dWJtYW4uaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) for Black and white women up until her death. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDYyNVcDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Tubman is now an icon celebrated for how she effectively made good trouble on so many fronts. Among those who admit their debt to her is Georgia’s Stacey Abrams, the voting rights organizer and two-time candidate for governor. In her book “Lead from the Outside,” Abrams credits Tubman with inspiring her own efforts to raise the political consciousness of Americans. Still in the works is the 2016 plan to replace the face of President Andrew Jackson on the [$20 bill](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA2MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjQ5OTUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTk2NzkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZ2PXRSWk5wOEl6TnVZVwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) with a portrait of Tubman. Americans may have the chance to carry Tubman’s likeness with them as a reminder that the nation’s prosperity was made possible by women and men who, like Tubman, had so little and yet contributed so much. The story of Harriet Tubman’s life and times is recounted at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, which opened in 2017.Tony Cenicola/The New York Times A pilgrimage to Tubman country In March, I decided to make a pilgrimage to the place where Tubman’s life began. From the state capital of Annapolis, I drove across the four-mile-long, low-slung [Chesapeake Bay Bridge](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TLaHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvQ2hlc2FwZWFrZV9CYXlfQnJpZGdlP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTY0OTk1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05Njc5MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYpjb6rZi6i3cs1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) that carries visitors from the mainland, across the open jaw of the bay, to the Eastern Shore. I then headed a short way south on two-lane roads to Tubman’s [native Dorchester County](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2xlYXJuL2hpc3RvcnljdWx0dXJlL3Jlc2VhcmNoLmh0bT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), winding past small farms, jagged waterways and modest Main Streets. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDYyNVcDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ No place better remembers Tubman than her birthplace, which sits on the [Delmarva Peninsula (that’s short for Delaware-Maryland-Virginia)](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TraHR0cHM6Ly90aW1lc21hY2hpbmUubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vdGltZXNtYWNoaW5lLzE5ODIvMDkvMTIvMTQ0OTIwLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA2MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjQ5OTUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcGFnZU51bWJlcj03MzcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTk2NzkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Her life centered in Dorchester County, where slaveholders shuttled a young Tubman between work in fields, waterways, yards and homes, often separated from her family. In Dorchester, Tubman’s story is told on the walls of two visitor centers, each structure designed to blend into the grays and browns of the natural landscape. At the [Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0S9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZndzLmdvdi9yZWZ1Z2UvYmxhY2t3YXRlcj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), established in 1933, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service tells her story through its 28,000 acres of wetlands, forest and open fields. Nearby, the story of Tubman’s life and times is recounted at the[Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBzLmdvdi9oYXR1L2dldGludm9sdmVkL3BhcnRuZXJzLmh0bT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), opened in 2017, and operated by a partnership between the National Park Service and the Maryland Park Service. To introduce guests to Tubman’s life and work on the Eastern Shore, the visitor center invites them to discover how she knew intimately the land that is today the Blackwater refuge and its environs. Her epic rescues of scores of enslaved people were possible because Tubman knew how to navigate the region’s contours and trails, depths and denseness, flora and fauna, the seasons, sun and stars. Tubman’s heroism is a point of pride to Black Marylanders in Dorchester. The struggle against slavery and racism has deep roots there. Among the locals are [those descended from Tubman’s family](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TQaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnBjYS5vcmcvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMTYzNC1yZW1lbWJlci1hdW50LWhhcnJpZXQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA2MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjQ5OTUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTk2NzkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and others who lived and labored alongside them. On my first visit in 2013, I called on [Donald Pinder](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TMaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGVucnlmaC5jb20vb2JpdHVhcnkvRG9uYWxkLVdheW5lLVBpbmRlcj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDYyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02NDk5NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTY3OTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmKY2-q2Yuot3LNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), a local businessman who took a leading role in safeguarding Tubman’s memory and who died last year. To begin, Mr. Pinder walked me through the [Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkmW_bP0TQaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGFycmlldHR1Ym1hbm11c2V1bWFuZGVkdWNhdGlvbmFsY2VudGVyLmNvbS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA2MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjQ5OTUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTk2NzkyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpimNvqtmLqLdyzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), set up in a downtown storefront in the small city of Cambridge. On the walls of the long narrow space, epic history and local memory mix. I learned how Tubman’s life has been celebrated by generations of Black Maryland farmers, mariners and rural families who have grown up far from cities like Baltimore and Washington, DC. 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