Howard County Jail, 1851

Historical marker location:

3730 Court Place, Ellicott City, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Court Place, on the left when traveling south.)

National Park Service Underground Railroad. Network to Freedom.

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.