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title: Harriet Tubman’s ‘Training Ground’
date: 2021-09-28T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/harriet-tubmans-training-ground"
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# Harriet Tubman’s ‘Training Ground’

*September 28, 2021* — by [Liam Farrell](/author/liam-farrell)


> Professor Helps Discover Site of Eastern Shore Cabin Owned by Abolitionist’s Father

*Harriet tubman site — Working with her team in a remote part of Dorchester County, Julie Schablitsky, adjunct assistant professor of anthropology and chief of the Maryland Department of Transportation's Cultural Resources Division, searches for signs of the cabin where Harriet Tubman's father lived in the early 19th century.*

For the archaeologists searching for new evidence of Harriet Tubman’s family life on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, their lucky penny turned out to be a 200-year-old 50-cent piece.

Julie Schablitsky, chief of the Cultural Resources Division at the Maryland Department of Transportation and adjunct assistant professor in the UMD Department of Anthropology, and her team dug more than 1,000 holes in the swampy wilderness of Dorchester County for signs of the vanished home of the famed abolitionist’s father.


*Coin*




**Topics:** [Research](https://today.umd.edu/tags/research)


**Tags:** [Anthropology](https://today.umd.edu/topic/anthropology), [History](https://today.umd.edu/topic/history), [Research](https://today.umd.edu/topic/research)


**Units:** [College of Behavioral and Social Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-behavioral-and-social-sciences)