Harmony CRN G-22 Joseph Cornish Escape from Gilpin’s Point Holly Park Dr, 21655 410-479-2730 Enslaved Joseph Cornish escaped on a vessel on the Choptank River from Gilpin’s Point, one of the busiest wharves along the Choptank River in Caroline County in the 19th century. He stopped in Philadelphia and told his story to William Still who recorded it. Still o ered him food and rest and sent him to New York and then Canada. harriettubmanbyway. org/Gilpin-point Massachusetts. Jacob Jackson, the free black veterinarian and farmer, who received a coded letter and helped Tubman arrange the escape of her three brothers, also lived in the area. harriettubmanbyway. org/Madison Malone’s Church White Marsh Rd, 21648 For decades before the Civil War, four nearby communities, connected by footpaths through the woods, provided a strong social network among free and enslaved blacks. As soon as the war ended, these communities established their own African-American churches. Founded in 1864, Malone’s Methodist Episcopal Church was the fi rst. harriettubmanbyway. org/malones-church Parson’s Creek: Keene Family Escape Route Parsons Creek at Rt 16, 21648 • 410-228-1000 In April 1831, Joseph Keene and his pregnant wife Nellie stole a small boat and sailed their seven children to freedom from Parsons Creek in Dorchester County. Enslaved by Levin Woolford, the Keene family took an unusual and risky step to liberate themselves. Escapes of entire families, especially large families, were rare. Joe and Nellie were successful in evading capture. harriettubmanbyway.org/ joseph-stewarts-canal a religious camp meeting, as he feared being sold to slave traders from Georgia upon the death of his master and plantation owner, Samuel Jarman. Tillotson narrowly escaped slave catchers who pursued him. Today, Grantham and Forrest Farm is not open to the public. Please view site from the road. kentcounty.com Perry Point CEC B-22 Susquehanna Railroad Ferry at Perryville Perry Point VA Medical Center, 21902 • 410-287-8872 The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Steam Ferry Landing site at the mouth of the Susquehanna River was used for numerous famous and lesser known Underground Railroad escapes, as well as a kidnapping and rescue of a free Pennsylvanian. At the Susquehanna River, trains stopped in Havre de Grace, and passengers and cars crossed on the railroad ferry, then resumed their journey from Perryville. Frederick Douglass escaped on this railroad in 1838. Others include Henry “Box” Brown, Charlotte Giles and Harriet Eglin and the Crafts. history.amtrak.com/blogs/ blog/exploring-underground-railroad-heritage-sites/ Madison Jacob Jackson Home Site MD Route 16, 21648 DOR I-21 This is the homesite of Jacob Jackson, a free black farmer and noted veterinarian, who helped Tubman rescue her brothers. In 1854, Tubman discovered that her brothers were soon to be sold as slaves. She had a friend in Philadelphia write a letter to Jackson, who lived near the plantation where her brothers worked. Within the letter was a carefully coded message to Jacob to let her brothers know that she was coming for them. With Jacob’s help, Harriet’s brothers were able to meet her and escape out of Maryland and into Canada. nps.gov/hatu Madison MD Rt 16 & Madison Canning House Rd, 21648 In early June 1854, Harriet Tubman successfully led from here Winnebar Johnson, the slave of Samuel Harrington. Johnson was passed along to the bustling port of New Bedford, Pocomoke City WOR M-24 Sturgis One-Room School Museum 209 Willow St, 21851 410-957-1913 Circa 1900, African-American one-room school museum. octhebeach.com/ museum/Sturgis.html Millington KEN D-21 Grantham and Forrest Farm 31245 Chesterville Bridge Rd, 21651 • 410-778-0416 Benjamin Tillotson (Abram Rilison) escaped from enslavement here in 1857 during Maryland’s Underground Railroad & African-American Heritage Travel Guide 35
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