Deflecting the Enemy

Historical marker location:

213 North Talbot Street, St. Michaels, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Cherry Street.)

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

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.