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Archaeologists Look for Harriet Tubman’s Childhood Home in Maryland Swamp
December 6, 2020
Archaeologists in Maryland are looking for the childhood home of an American hero: Harriet Tubman. Dr. Julie Schablitsky told Inside Edition Digital that she thinks her team is getting close to locating the site of a cabin owned by Ben Ross. Ross was the father of the legendary Tubman, who led dozens of enslaved people to safety via the Underground Railroad. Dr. Schablitsky said, “It's never too late or necessarily too early to begin to look for pieces of our past.”