| Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park | |
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| Location | Dorchester County,Maryland, United States |
| Nearest city | Church Creek, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38°26′54″N76°08′19″W / 38.4483°N 76.1387°W /38.4483; -76.1387[1] |
| Area | 480 acres (190 ha) |
| Established | 2013 |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park |
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park is a 480-acre (190 ha)National Park Service unit in the U.S. state ofMaryland. It commemorates the life of former enslavedHarriet Tubman, who became an activist in theUnderground Railroad prior to theAmerican Civil War. TheHarriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument was created by PresidentBarack Obama under theAntiquities Act on March 25, 2013. The portion of the monument administered by the National Park Service was later designated a National Historical Park in 2014, and the remainder is managed by theFish and Wildlife Service as part ofBlackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park includes sites nearCambridge, Maryland, Windy Hill and Preston, inDorchester County, Talbot, and Caroline counties, that were significant in Tubman's life. The Park currently includes 480 acres of land known as the Jacob Jackson Home site. The NHP was established by the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act FY2015 (Public Law 113–291, December 19, 2014). The legislation authorized the acquisition of an additional 4,207.54 acres in Dorchester, Caroline, and Talbot counties. The Jackson site was donated to the federal government by The Conservation Fund for establishment of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument which later became known as the National Historical Park in accordance with PL 113–291. PL 113-291 also established the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York.[2]
Prior to establishment of the National Historical Parks in Maryland and New York, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument was created in Dorchester County, Maryland by PresidentBarack Obama under theAntiquities Act on March 25, 2013.[3][2]Pub. L. 113–291 (text)(PDF) (Section 3035) was subsequently passed and signed into law on December 19, 2014, and required the Secretary of the Interior to "administer the historical park and the portion of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument administered by the National Park Service as a single unit of the National Park System, which shall be known as the 'Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park'."[4][5] TheHarriet Tubman National Historical Park inAuburn andFleming,New York was established on January 10, 2017, and is a sister park to this one in Maryland.
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