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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Delaware

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway is a scenic, historic roadway in Delaware honoring Harriet Tubman and showcases Delaware's natural beauty.

We are the Delaware segment of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. The Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware is proud to host the byway to commemorate Harriet Tubman's heroic efforts to lead slaves from the South to freedom. The byway is also an introduction to some of the known freedom routes used by Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The Tubman Byway is a scenic route t

hrough beautiful and diverse Delaware countryside. The route begins at the terminus of Maryland's Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and runs roughly 98 miles through Kent and New Castle counties in Delaware to the border of Pennsylvania on Route 52. While traveling the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway we invite you to share the history as it occurred along the byway and to get to know Delaware and those who call it home. There us much to see and do in Delaware so please allow us to be your guide to the history, scenery, and activities along the byway. What is the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway? Inspired by the recorded movements and contacts made by Harriet Tubman in Delaware, the route includes sites and pathways associated with Harriet Tubman, as well as sites and pathways associated with other documented Underground Railroad travelers and conductors. The Delaware route also highlights sites of abolitionist activities and legal actions, as well as landscapes that help modern travelers to envision the 19th century landscape through which these brave people moved.

10/15/2024

Scenes along the Byway!

09/21/2023

The Delaware City Library is hosting a photo exhibit!
Lynn Dilliplane photographed sites on the Delaware segment of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. Come and enjoy the exhibit and reception!

RSVP at https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/11248450

Location: Delaware City Library - atrium/cafeteria
Address: 250 5th St. Delaware City, DE 19706
Date: Friday, September 22, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Celebrate International Underground Railroad Month with a photographic journey of the Harriet Tubman Underground Byway. Held at the Delaware City Library, this exhibit features the...

04/21/2023

Reconstructing Black Families:
Stories from the Chew Papers

Enjoy the recorded program.

In Partnership with Cliveden of the National Trust and the African American Genealogy GroupSpread throughout the 288.5 linear feet of the Chew Family papers ...

09/15/2022

Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Tree Planting at Blackbird State Forest on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 8 am.

https://agriculture.delaware.gov/.../tree-related-events/

Registration required.

04/20/2022

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/travel-with-tubman.htm

The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Site are proud to invite you to Travel with Tubman. This virtual trip planning tool, hosted by the new National Park Service App, highlights 13 pla...

02/11/2022

Harriet Tubman & Leadership: Her Legacy for the 21st Century
Featuring Dr. Cheryl Janifer LaRoche

March 2022 marks the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Harriet Tubman, known as one of the principal "conductors" of the Underground Railroad. Tubman is also...

10/15/2021

Guided visitation to the African burial ground at the John Dickinson Plantation

Programs explore the experiences of the enslaved and free African Americans who lived, labored and died on the John Dickinson Plantation.

10/13/2021

A Mere Mock Freedom: Free and Enslaved Black Life in Delaware 1790-1840

Video explores anti-slavery activity in Delaware in the late-18th century and the subsequent passage of repressive legislation targeting free Blacks in the 1...

08/13/2020

https://www.preservecast.org/2020/08/10/elevating-authentic-stories-from-the-underground-railroad-with-dr-kate-clifford-larson/?ct=t(EMAIL_PCAST_UGRR_TUBMAN_RESEND_PM_8_11_2020)

PreserveCast is an award-winning podcast about where historic preservation and technology meet. New episodes are released on Monday and available anytime on our website. PreserveCast is powered by Preservation Maryland and hosted by our Executive Director, Nick Redding.

07/02/2020

Coming Soon...Community Reading: Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

Premiering July fourth at 11:oo am eastern.

https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=456712A4-942B-557E-59B1AD940AC93FF9

A short promotional video for a community reading of Frederick Douglass's speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Coming July 2020.

01/22/2020

THE 17TH ANNUAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND BLACK HISTORY CONFERENCE: DIGITAL LEARNING: BLACK HISTORY, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND EMANCIPATION

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 // 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

Philadelphia, PA

https://events.temple.edu/the-17th-annual-underground-railroad-and-black-history-conference-digital-learning-black-historyFebruary 19, 2020 // 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

Please join the Department of Africology and African American Studies for the The 17th Annual Underground Railroad and Black History Conference titled Digital Learning: Black History, Underground Railroad and Emancipation. Keynote Address by MK Asante "While Black: Black History in the Digital Age"....

08/23/2019

Check out this livestream tonight from 6-8pm!!
Friday, August 23

If you can’t join us live in person, join us live on Facebook! We will be going live from our commemoration of 400 years of Perseverance in Hampton, VA tomorrow at 6 pm.

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PO Box 216
Dover, DE
19903

Website

http://tubmanbywaydelaware.org/

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