Wolleston Manor

Historical marker location:

Newburg, Maryland

( Marker is on Crain Highway (U.S. 301) 0.2 miles south of Rock Point Road (Maryland Route 257), on the right when traveling north.)

(2000 acres with Court Leet and Court Baron) Patented in 1642 to Captain James Neale.

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.