Next steps in proposed Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway

Next steps in proposed Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway

The proposed Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway project begins steps to create corridor management plan to submit to the state DOT.

Silk lace and linen shawl given to Harriet Tubman by Queen Victoria | National Museum of African American History and Culture

Harriet Tubman escaped the bonds of slavery as a young woman in the early 1800s. She returned to the South many times as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad to lead other African Americans to freedom. During the Civil War, Tubman served as a spy, nurse, and cook for Union Forces. In 1863, she helped free more than 700 African Americans during a raid in South Carolina - a feat that earned her the nickname "General Tubman." England's Queen V…