Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chemistry Building

Historical marker location:

1000 Hilltop Circle, Catonsville, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Academic Row, on the right when traveling north.)

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.