Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Tuesday the discovery of a home where enslaved people lived, located on the 1,000-acre Thompson Farm where Harriet Tubman was born in 1822.
of a home where enslaved people lived, located on the 1,000-acre Thompson Farm where Harriet Tubman was born in 1822.
The home, which at one time housed more than 40 enslaved people, is believed to have possibly belonged to enslaved overseer Jerry Manokey, the Maryland Department of Transportation said in a"Harriet Tubman's birthplace is sacred ground, and this discovery is part of our ongoing commitment to preserve the legacy of those who lived here," Moore said in the news conference at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in Church Creek on Tuesday.
This follows the April 2021 announcement of the discovery of the home Harriet Tubman's father, Ben Ross, the transportation department said.
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