First Methodist Episcopal Church

Historical marker location:

Old Goucher, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of 22nd Street and St Paul Street on 22nd Street.)

1816 1916.

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.