Martha

Historical marker location:

213 North Talbot Street, St. Michaels, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Mill Street just east of Burns Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Hoopers Island Dovetail.

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.