Church Creek - Harriet Tubman's Eastern Shore of Maryland
Ben Ross worked for a ship Builder here in the waterfront town of Church Creek it was a major shipbuilding center during Harriet Tubman’s time. Ben Ross, Harriet’s father, worked in the surrounding woods identifying the best trees for shipbuilding. During Tubman’s lifetime, scores of enslaved people fled from farms and shipyards in this area. Harriet Tubman and her father lived and worked nearby. Eventually Timber became scarce in the area the ship building has long gone.
Church Creek - Harriet Tubman’s Eastern Shore of Maryland
