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Harriet Tubman Brodess Farm
Harriet Tubman
1820-1913
The “Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman of the Bucktown District found freedom for herself and some three hundred other slaves whom she led north. In the Civil War, she served the Union Army as a nurse, scout, and spy.
Maryland Civil War Centennial Commission
This plaque stands at the site of the Brodess Farm, where Harriet Tubman and her family were enslaved when she a child.