James W. Rouse

Historical marker location:

10022 Wilde Lake Loop, Columbia, Maryland

( Marker is on Wilde Lake Loop, 0.1 miles south of Hyla Brook Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1977

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.