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Cambridge, Maryland
· Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
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Many nearby places are associated with Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in a landscape that still retains a rural character evocative of an earlier time. At 424 Race Street in Cambridge, the Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center is the oldest community organization dedicated to Tubman and offers exhibits, programs, and information about her life. The Dorchester County Courthouse at 206 High Street in Cambridge was the site of slave auctions, and in 1850, with Tubman's help, her niece Kessiah and her two children escaped from the auction block. At Brodess Farm on Greenbriar Road in Bucktown, Tubman was forced to work while it was the property of Edward Brodess; after her owner died, she feared being sold to the Deep South, which prompted her to flee north, and although no structures from her time remain, the farm is still actively cultivated. The Bucktown Village Store at 4303 Bucktown Road stands on the original site, has been renovated and expanded, contains some original fabric from Tubman's time, and was the site of her first public resistance to slavery. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center at 4068 Golden Hill Road in Church Creek includes exhibits, audiovisual programs, interactive media, a research library, a gift store, and public restrooms. The Jacob Jackson Site on MD Route 16 marks the home of Jacob Jackson, who was instrumental in the rescue of Harriet Tubman's three brothers.
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