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Brodas Plantation

This is the location where Harriet Tubman was born and lived with her parents during her early childhood.

Maryland

This is the state where Harriet Tubman was born and raised as a slave.

Pennsylvania

This is the "free state" that Harriet Tubman first escaped to.

Rochester, New York

Harriet Tubman and a party of refugees stopped at this location, where they supposedly stayed with Frederick Douglass.

Boston, Massachusetts

This location is where Harriet Tubman began giving lectures for the abolitionist cause.

Underground Railroad

This name refers to a network of secret locations and safe houses where fugitive slaves could gain access to escape slavery and arrive at the free states and Canada.

St. Catharines

This is the location in Canada where Harriet Tubman settled with several of the slaves she helped escape.

Cape May, New Jersey

Harriet Tubman spent her summers largely working in this city...

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