Frederick Douglass lived his early years near Easton. Signage shows where he was believed to have been born. Enjoy exhibitions, dining, and a museum tour.
The Courthouse Square in Denton was the site of a slave market and a jail for Underground Railroad conductors. This museum has a relevant exhibit.
Start here to pick up "Finding A Way to Freedom" driving tour guide for the Underground Railroad.
Exhibit describes the maritime escape of Harriet Tubman's niece, Kessiah Bowley, from the slave auction block.
East of this refuge, a marker shows the site where Harriet Tubman spent her childhood years. Visit the village store where Tubman is said to have first helped a slave avoid capture.
Honors the author of Roots, who won the Pulitzer Prize. Haley's ancestor arrived here on a slave ship in 1767.
Tribute to a prominent figure in the Underground Railroad.
From February to December, a Frederick Douglass walking tour "Path to Freedom" shows where Douglass lived for 12 years and Underground Railroad agents secretly resided.
Join a docent-led tour that celebrates Quaker heritage and anti-slavery traditions!
The staging area for John Brown's ill-fated, pre-Civil War raid on a federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry. Brown was viewed as a martyr for the cause of freedom.
Holds the Catoctin Furnace, where free and enslaved African Americans labored to produce iron for Revolutionary and Civil War arms.
Slaves were sold along this waterfront. Self-liberators knew that by following the river, they would come within a day’s travel to Underground Railroad stations in Delaware.
Also called the Stanley Institute, Christ Rock is an early example of a post-Civil War African-American school built and run independently by the local black community.
Visiting African-American seamen, known as Black Jacks, were part of a large, but secret, communication network that spanned not only these local coastal towns, but across the globe.
A large community of free and enslaved black families lived and worked between Harrisville and Whitemarsh Roads, creating an important social world for Harriet Tubman and her family.
At this crossroads, sometime around 1835, Harriet Tubman was almost killed by a blow to her head that she received while attempting to assist a fellow enslaved man flee from an angry overseer.
The mill is situated amidst a secret network of safe houses: the Levertons, the Hubbards & the Kelleys on the west side, and Harriet Tubman’s parents Ben and Rit Ross at Poplar Neck on the east side.
Dr. Anthony C. Thompson's sawmill employed large numbers of free and enslaved black laborers during the late 1840s and 1850s including Harriet Tubman’s father.
Though freedom seekers traveling north were tempted to use bridges, they usually avoided them, as the threat of recapture was high at these obvious crossing points.
