Pending Legislation To Honor Harriet Tubman’s Life On Eastern Shore In Maryland and In New York

Harriet Ross Tubman is one of the most recognizable figures associated with the anti-slavery resistance network known as the Underground Railroad. To commemorate her legacy, U.S. Senators Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski of Maryland joined Senator Charles Schumer of New York to introduce legislation in the 111th Congress, bill # S. 227, which would establish two new national park sites in New York and Maryland.

New Park Sites To Honor Tubman’s Life

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Maryland would include historically important landscapes in Dorchester, Caroline, and Talbot counties. The new park would include nearly 5,700 acres of historic land and sites, including the Poplar Neck Plantation that Tubman escaped from in 1849, a memorial garden, and walking paths. The site would also be interconnected with Blackwater Wildlife Refuge.

The Harriet Tubman National Historical Park would include important historical sites located in Auburn, New York. This national park site would include Tubman’s home, the elderly home she established for Blacks, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the Fort Hill Cemetery where she is buried.

For More Information

For more information about this legislation, please contact Alan Spears with the National Parks Conservation Association at 202-454-3384 or aspears@npca.org.