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Archaeologists discover site that was once home of Harriet Tubman's father By Caitlin O'Kane Harriet Tubman's road to freedom Last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bought 2,600 acres in Maryland for $6 million. The land was purchased to help mitigate future sea-level rise — but it turned out to have affected history. Archaeologists have determined part of the site was the home of Harriet Tubman's father, Ben Ross.  The abolitionist and famed Underground Railroad conductor was born Araminta Ross in March 1822 on the Thompson Farm.  The abolitionist who rescued e...

"For several years we believe that Mr. Ross harvested trees on the property and sold the timber, and the timber was then transported to shipyards by free Black mariners to use to make ships in Baltimore," Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford said.

Print WBAL-TV 11 CHURCH CREEK — Archaeologists in Maryland discovered the historic homesite once owned by the father of Harriet Tubman, state officials announced Tuesday. The former home of Tubman's father, Ben Ross, was discovered on property acquired in 2020 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an addition to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County. "I am excited to announce our archaeologists have confirmed that this site was once the home of Ben Ross, and may have been where Harriet Tubman spent her early years," Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford said. "A bre...

Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford joined archeologists, historians and officials Tuesday to announce the major historic find. The 10-acre home site is located in a 2,500-acre parcel of land called Peter’s Neck that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service purchased for $6 million last year. Ross was given the land and granted his own freedom five years after slaveholder Anthony Thompson’s death in 1836. Tubman, born Araminta Ross in March 1822, would have spent time at this home site. “The importance of discovering Ben Ross’ cabin here is the connection to Harriet Tubman. She would’ve spent...

47abc April 20, 2021 Image: MDOT News/Flickr DORCHESTER CO., Md. – Maryland Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford, along with federal and state officials, announced an archaeological discovery linked to Harriet Tubman. We’re told the former home of Harriet Tubman’s father, Ben Ross, was discovered on property acquired in 2020 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an addition to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County. “This discovery adds another puzzle piece to the story of Harriet Tubman, the state of Maryland, and our nation,” said Lieutenant Governor Rutherford...