Historians find artifacts on the land where abolitionist Harriett Tubman was born in Maryland.
CHURCH CREEK, Md. — Maryland archaeologist Julie Schablitsky knew the glass heart-shaped perfume stopper her team unearthed on the land where abolitionistShe told them to humor her, and to dig a little deeper.
The discovery of the home of an enslaved overseer, possibly Jerry Manokey, is the latest find by the team of archaeologists who have continued to excavate on the property and adjoining private property for the past two years.from which Tubman hails. The home believed to be Manokey’s is on private property, while the archaeological remains of the home of Ben Ross, the abolitionist’s father, are located on the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
Schablitsky said the finds — which range from the glass stopper to a copper alloy button to fragments of blue-edged plates — offer a small glimpse of life in centuries past. “To be able to hold something like that, an artifact that’s 200 years old, it really allows people to time travel and become closer to the people who lived here,” she said.
Her father also told her about the Underground Railroad. “He was an Underground Railroad agent himself,” she said. Between about 1850 and 1860, Tubman made 13 trips back to Maryland, leading 70 people out of enslavement, historians say. Among those she saved were several brothers and her parents, who, while no longer enslaved, were still in danger in Maryland.“It is very clear to me that we all see higher because of the shoulders that we stand on,” he said, as he thanked two of Tubman’s relatives who shared the stage with him.
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