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the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
National Historical Park is a new park
located in Dorchester County on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland through a
cultural landscape report for the Jacob
Jackson home site the Olmstead Center
for landscape preservation is uncovering
the history of this important place and
helping to plan for its future the
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
National Monument was created in 2013 by
a presidential proclamation by President
Barack Obama and then in 2014
legislation was passed by Congress
creating the Harriet Tubman Underground
Railroad National Historical Park
Harriet Tubman of course was the
greatest Underground Railroad agent of
all time from Dorchester County Maryland
and Jacob Jackson was her friend and her
contact who helped her notify her
brothers that she was ready to come and
rescue them at Christmas in 1854 the
Underground Railroad was a network of
resources for individuals to gain
freedom from slavery here in the Eastern
Shore of Maryland it was a very
sophisticated network that ran through a
number of states literally all the way
into
there are many different types of
documents that we can use to tell the
story of the Jacob Jackson home site
this story is primarily about the
experience of African Americans in the
first half of the 19th century we still
had the landscape that has been
virtually untouched by what I call an
influx of individuals who want to build
up the place and all of that was stopped
my fishing wildlife I guess you must say
the farmers who live in this area did
not want to change where the environment
and then I became a part of it because I
was doing tours and I realized how
important it was and providing people an
opportunity to visit and take part in
activities and experience this
Historical Park means a lot to me that's
why I wear this uniform Harriet Tubman
is an American Hero and she is a freedom
fighter that we need to celebrate we do
celebrate and by celebrating her on the
landscapes that enslaved her and
liberated her is an amazing way to
acknowledge not only a painful American
history but also triumphant American
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