Historical Marker
We Drivers!
Historical marker location:
4766 Bethesda Ave, Bethesda, Maryland
( Marker is on Bethesda Avenue just west of Woodmont Avenue, on the left when traveling west.)
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.