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"Stop 12 (page 17) Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Driving Tour Guide.
Buttons Creek
Jane Kane was enslaved by Horatio Jones,
whom she described as “the worst
man in the country.” Jones’ plantation
sat along Buttons Creek and the
Blackwater River, west of this landing on
property that is now part of the
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
Harriet Tubman’s brother, Ben Ross, had
hoped to marry Jane, but Jones refused
to allow them to do so. Ben arranged for
Jane to join him when he and his
brothers planned to flee during the
Christmas holidays in 1854.
Just before the escape, Ben hid a suit of
men’s clothing in one of Jones’ gardens.
On Christmas Eve, Jane put on the
clothes and slipped quietly away from
the plantation. Though she was soon
discovered missing, the other slaves
on the farm failed to recognize that
the “young man” walking up from the
garden, “as if from the river,” was actually
Jane. Cleverly disguised in men’s clothing,
she successfully executed a daring plan
to flee her heartless master.
She was soon on her way to be with
Ben and to secretly rendezvous with
Harriet Tubman at Poplar Neck in
Caroline County."
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