Red Bridges-Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Greensboro, MD
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 59.988 W 075° 47.250
18S E 431808 N 4317049
This stream at the headwaters of the Choptank River was possibly near
Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad route to Sandtown, Delaware. Like Harriet Tubman, fugitives relied heavily on the secret
network of safe houses.
Waymark Code: WM16T35
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2022
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Stop #36 (website) (Guide shows Stop 34) Red Bridges- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Driving Tour Guide.
From the website below page 41:
"The
current at this location is fast, yet the
water is shallow.
Freedom seekers who followed the
Choptank River to Delaware may have
crossed here and at other shallow
tributaries near the Choptank’s
headwaters. Like Harriet Tubman,
fugitives relied heavily on the secret
network of safe houses belonging to
blacks and whites throughout central
and northern Delaware. Harriet Tubman
later told historian Wilbur Siebert that
her preferred route was by way of her
parents’ home in Poplar Neck, to
Sandtown across the Maryland border.
While fugitives made parts of their
journeys unaided, the assistance
provided by a secret network of
sympathetic people and those who
ran safe houses was invaluable to their
success. Throughout Delaware,
communities of Quakers and a large
free black population helped hide and
escort runaways northward on their
way to Pennsylvania."
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