Etting Cemetery

Historical marker location:

1520 West North Avenue, Penn North, Maryland

( Marker is on West North Avenue (U.S. 1) west of Woodbrook Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

Harriet Tubman, a famous abolitionist, was born in Maryland: Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and became a famous abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. She later returned to Maryland many times to lead other enslaved people to freedom.