Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference

Name: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference
Start: 2019-05-31T00:00:00
End: 2019-05-31T00:00:00
Location: Dorchester County Visitor Center

Jun. 01, 2019

Dorchester County Visitor Center 2 Rose Hill Place, Cambridge, Maryland 21613

Apr. 15, 2019

1:22 p.m.

The annual Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference is set for May 31-June 1, 2019 in Cambridge, Maryland — just a few miles fr om the lands where Harriet Tubman lived and toiled, as well as the site of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center.

The two-da y symposium focuses on the research about Harriet Tubman and the Underg round Railroad. This year’s theme is “It Ran on Faith.” The conf erence invites historians, students, educators, researchers, gene alogists, artists and others to share and compare, interpret and c elebrate this story based on family, freedom, community and faith .

The conference is seeking proposals by Feb. 19, 2019. ^'We a re seeking proposals related to the realities and complexities of slavery, escapes and those who made escapes possible with an un dercurrent of faith.^' Learn more about the call for pr oposals .

More details about the conference will be ad ded as they are released by event organizers.