This Tree Dedicated to Commodore John Rogers

Historical marker location:

2400 East Fort Avenue, Locust Point Industrial Area, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Constellation Plaza, 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1932

U.S.N.

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.