American Alligator

Historical marker location:

755 S Park Dr, Salisbury, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from South Park Drive, 0.1 miles west of Memorial Plaza, on the right when traveling west.)

<i>(Alligator mississippiensis)</i>.

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.