Aberdeen Proving Ground

Historical marker location:

Aberdeen, Maryland

( Marker is on Pulaski Highway (U.S. 40) 0.2 miles south of Bel Air Avenue, in the median.)

<big>↢</big> Four Miles.

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.