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c. 1822: Harriet Ross Tubman in Born in Dorchester County, Maryland
One of Dorchester County's most famous residents was Harriet Ross Tubman, who was born into slavery on a farm enveloped by Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Tasks she undertook in her youth like tending muskrat traps in the marshes and transporting timber with oxen may have provided knowledge of the tidewater area's landscape. This knowledge may have helped her as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, guiding enslaved people to freedom through landscapes similar to Blackwater's. |