Reply #23: An interesting, related story -- Harriet Tubman statue for MD park [View All]

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Shore artist's sculpture a tribute to Tubman

Salisbury man works to have piece installed at Dorchester County park

By Candice Evans • Staff Writer • February 9, 2009

SALISBURY -- In a seventh grade social studies class at Bennett Junior High, Richard Norman became fascinated by the Eastern Shore woman who led runaway slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Araminta Ross, better known as Harriet Tubman, was a leader of the abolitionist movement, as well as a nurse and spy for Union forces in the South.

"I was overcome with pride to know that such a person came from my home," said the 43-year-old Salisbury resident. "I wanted to learn more about her."

Norman's family visited the place of Tubman's birth, Bucktown, which has an historical marker erected by the Maryland Civil War Centennial Commission in her honor.

"I couldn't help but feel that the words on the marker were too brief to do justice to her life," he said.
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more: http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20090209/NEWS01/902090307/1002