Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House - Denton, MD - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

Stop 33 (page 38) Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Driving Tour Guide.

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"TUCKAHOE NECK MEETING HOUSE
Quakers as Underground Railroad Agents
Privately Owned
Built in 1803, this was one of five Quaker meeting houses in Caroline County whose members sustained a local Underground Railroad network. Quakers also supported women’s equality and the end of slavery. By 1790, Quaker meetings on Maryland’s Eastern Shore were free of all slave owners. Quakers then became some of the earliest and most effective activists to end slavery in America and abroad.

They quickly began establishing a loose network of individuals with shared values who could be tapped to help escaping slaves find their way north, and provide support and shelter once they arrived. Abolitionist Hannah Leverton from the Linchester Mill area spoke here and was married here.

Quakers were at the forefront of the fledgling Women’s Rights Movement in the mid-19th century. Quaker women like Lucretia Mott, her sister, Martha Coffin Wright, and many others participated in the first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. Other powerful abolitionists and like-minded men and women supported them. Harriet Tubman would become close to many of these women, and through them, she would become involved with the women’s suffrage campaigns of the 19th and early 20th centuries."

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Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1803 Age of Church building determined by?: Other reliable source If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Quaker-Friends Street address of Church: 24820 Meeting House Road Denton, MD United States 21629 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed

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