Bucktown near Cambridge in Dorchester County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Harriet Tubman

1820-1913

Harriett Tubman Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By F. Robby, November 3, 2007

1. Harriett Tubman Marker

Inscription. The "Moses of her People", Harriett Tubman of the Bucktown District found freedom for herself and some three hundred other slaves whom she led north. In the Civil War she served the Union army as a nurse, scout and spy.

Erected by Maryland Civil War Centennial Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • War, US Civil • Women.

Location. 38° 27.544′ N, 76° 2.906′ W. Marker is near Cambridge, Maryland, in Dorchester County. It is in Bucktown. Marker is on Greenbrier Road, one mile west of Bestpitch Ferry Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cambridge MD 21613, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Finding Freedom (a few steps from this marker); Brodess Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); Resistance (approx. 0.9 miles away); Pool One at Wildlife Drive (approx. 2.6 miles away); The American Bald Eagle (approx. 2.8 miles away); The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem (approx. 2.8 miles away); Muskrat and Nutria (approx. 2.8 miles away); Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel (approx. 3.2 miles away).

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Many Maryland Markers do not tell the Whole Story. This state historical marker says Harriet Tubman freed 300 enslaved people. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Scenic Byway said it was 70. The 70 figure is in the new museum and visitors center as well as in historian Kate Clifford Larson’s book; it’s the correct number, with Larson documenting 13 rescues in total. Larson said she’s tried to have the marker removed... See nearby marker "Finding Freedom". (Submitted on November 21, 2023.)

Before the marker had been damaged image. Click for full size.

M. Bourne - Maryland Historical Trust Historic Sites Survey, November 1975

2. Before the marker had been damaged

Harriet Tubman Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 27, 2022

3. Harriet Tubman Marker

Harriet Tubman Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Linda Walcroft, August 25, 2015

4. Harriet Tubman Markers

This photo was taken prior to the additional marker's installation.

Harriet Tubman image. Click for full size.

Photographed By H. B. Lindsley, c.1870

5. Harriet Tubman

Library of Congress photo, LC-USZ62-7816.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 10,771 times since then and 138 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 4, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on February 29, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. 3. submitted on August 31, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 4. submitted on September 6, 2015, by Linda Walcroft of Woodstock, Virginia. 5. submitted on December 4, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.