Historical Marker
Duncanson Avenue
Historical marker location:
8811 60th Avenue, Berwyn Heights, Maryland
( Marker is on Seminole Street east of 60th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2010
Historic Berwyn Heights. Town of Berwyn Heights, Maryland.
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.