These discoveries were years in the making. Smithsonian reports that historians suspected Ross’s home was located in Peter’s Neck, Maryland—however, archaeologists couldn’t access it until the U.S.

During the 19th century, the ability to spend time in nature helped free some girls from restrictive social norms and turned ...

DORCHESTER CO., MD - The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced the discovery of numerous artifacts at the site where Harriet Tubman’s father’s home once stood in ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, Md. — Archaeologists in Maryland have uncovered artifacts believed to have belonged to Harriet Tubman and her father, Ben Ross, at a site deep within the wetlands of ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, Md. (7News) — As Maryland celebrates Harriet Tubman Day, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) archaelogists reveal that they have found new artifacts from the famed ...

From the controversy over Harriet Tubman’s removal from the Underground Railroad webpage to nationwide pushback against federal policies, deadly storms and more, here's what on the radar this week.

Most people know Harriet Tubman as the Black abolitionist who led about 70 enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad, but that’s just part of her story. The former enslaved woman ...

The military is not just a chapter in my life. It’s my bloodline, my inheritance, and my foundation. My father, Floyd McAfee, was a career Army officer. My uncles fought in World War II. My younger ...

To reach Harriet Tubman’s father’s homesite, you have to drive 100 miles southeast from Baltimore to the end of Harrisville Road on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and hope the overflowing ditches don’t ...

It’s time to honor the heroic life of Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist and activist, leader of the women’s rights movement and most famously a conductor on the Underground Railroad who led slaves to ...