Mount Airy

Historical marker location:

Mount Airy, Maryland

( Marker is on South Main Street (Maryland Route 808), on the right when traveling north.)

Under the Barrels. Gettysburg Campaign.

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.