The Underground Railroad in Caroline County 

A Preservation Maryland Architectural Field Trip

Between 1849 and 1860, Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave herself, made at least 13 trips south through Maryland's Eastern Shore to guide family and friends safely to freedom.  Join Preservation Maryland members and friends as we explore some of the buildings that would have dotted the landscape in the 1850s as Harriet Tubman and other Underground Railroad conductors made their way through the region. 

Local historian J.O.K. Walsh and Caroline County Tourism Director Kathy Mackel will be our guides on this day long bus trip.  After departing from the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, some of your stops will include a visit to a Quaker meeting house, the cabin of a free African-American farmer and his enslaved wife, and walk the path that Harriet Tubman likely traversed as she led the way along the road to freedom.  Lunch at the Linchester Mill, a former water-powdered mill, is included with your registration.

Tie up your walking shoes, grab a jacket and come enjoy the first field trip of 2014 - a great day of history and beauty!

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