The Peale Museum

Historical marker location:

225 North Holliday Street, Downtown Baltimore, Maryland

( Marker is on North Holliday Street, on the left when traveling south.)

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.