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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 321 Print image (42K) |
| famous slave escapes and rescues in the annuals of American History? Two of those fugitives who stole themselves were Harriet Ross Tubman and Frederick Douglass, from Dorchester and Talbot counties respectively. Harriet Ross Tubman (18217-1913) was born in the area of Bucktown,19 and at an early age experienced the forced separations of family members and the brutality and horrors of the peculiar institution. She was not a particularly capable house slave and as a child she was injured while trying to prevent the capture of another slave, 20 which caused her to suffer from narcoplexy for the remainder of her life. 21 Around 1849, Harriet learned that she and other members of her family were to be sold and to be transported to the Deep South. Harriet was not the typical slave, as she had been fortunate enough to have known both of her parents, Ben Ross and Henrietta Green, 22 and to have been in their presence throughout most of her life. Therefore, when she heard of her impending sale to the Deep South, she decided to escape. It was that time with her parents that gave her knowledge of elements, of the swamps, and the knowledge of various treatments and cures for certain diseases. Unfortunately, when she decided to escape, she wanted her brothers to accompany her, but they were so frightened of the |