2 days ago · HANOVER, MD (March 10, 2025) – Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) today announced interesting artifacts found at the site of Ben Ross’ home, the place where Harriet Tubman’s father lived and where the famed abolitionist spent her teenage years in Dorchester County.MDOT’s archaeologists spent the past four years processing hundreds of artifacts ...

1 day ago · MDOT HAS FOUND A WAY TO SHARE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED FROM ARTIFACTS PERTAINING TO HARRIET TUBMAN WITH THE WORLD. THIS IS A COLLECTION FROM BEN ROSS’S HOME PLACE. DOCTOR JULIE CZAPLICKI IS MDOT ...

1 day ago · MARYLAND (DC News Now) — Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced Monday that a new virtual museum will showcase the history and artifacts discovered at Harriet Tubman’s teenage home.Over the last four years, the department’s archaeologists have been working alongside the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge to locate the remains of Tubman’s dad’s ...

1 day ago · Harriet Tubman also worked alongside her father and lived with him during her teenage years, according to MDOT. She self-liberated in 1849, returning to Maryland's Eastern Shore about 13 times to ...

1 day ago · 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.

1 day ago · 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 Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

1 day ago · HANOVER, Md. – Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation announced the discovery of artifacts with ties to Harriet Tubman. The artifacts were found at the site of Ben Ross ...

1 day ago · HANOVER – Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) on Monday announced artifacts found at the site of Ben Ross’ home, the place where Harriet Tubman’s father lived and where the famed abolitionist spent her teenage years in …

1 day ago · Ben Ross’ home was found after an extensive search by MDOT archaelogists in 2021. Harriet Tubman worked alongside her father as a teenager while he was enslaved as a timber foreman. He became ...

1 day ago · HANOVER, Md. – Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) today announced interesting artifacts found at the site of Ben Ross’ home, the place where Harriet Tubman ...