Maryland’s Rural Legacy Program will now protect some 28,000 acres of land in Dorchester County, where Harriet Tubman was born. As a story in the Daily Times describes it: “In rural Dorchester County adjacent to Blackwater Wildlife Refuge lies a 28,300-acre tract that is the best-preserved example of a natural, cultural and historic landscape unchanged since the days of the Underground Railroad. Driving through the this timeless area in Dorchester County will make it easier to imagine the ordeal those frightened runaway slaves endured as they sought freedom. That is the legacy Maryland has recently taken steps to preserve by creating the Harriet Tubman Rural Legacy Area, a move that will prevent the historic landscape from future development by private landowners.” Read the entire story here.
