Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
During the 1840s and 1850s, the locals knew Reverend Samuel Green as a literate, highly respected Methodist Episcopal preacher and community leader. His church once stood here on land donated in 1843 by free woman Sarah Young. While the building no longer survives, the congregation remains active.
Unknown to many, Rev. Green had a second life. For years, he served as an Underground Railroad agent, secretly aiding Harriet Tubman and freedom-seeking refugees.
Green's luck ran out in 1857 when authorities tracked the escape of a group of freedom seekers, known as the "Dover Eight" to his doorstep. Green was arrested, tried and sent to prison, convicted of possessing a copy of the abolitionist publication—Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(Photo at the top) Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Vol. II. -Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel was considered by some to have "laid the ground work for the Civil War." Image courtesy of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collection Library, University of Virginia.
HM Number | HM1I14 |
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Date Added | Friday, November 28th, 2014 at 9:01am PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 420337 N 4272431 |
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Decimal Degrees | 38.59680000, -75.91480000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 35.808', W 75° 54.888' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 35' 48.48" N, 75° 54' 53.28" W |
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Area Code(s) | 410 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 4111 MD-14, East New Market MD 21631, US |
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