Currently Reading: Harriet Tubman

Did you know that Salisbury used to house cranberry bogs along the Wicomico River?  This is just one of the many things we learned while spending a day with Chesapeake Tours and Promotions.  Owner of Chesapeake Tours and Promotions, Priscilla … Continue reading →

Our $20 bills are going to look decidedly different in a few years, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced this week that abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman would be taking the place of Andrew Jackson on the front of … Continue reading →

With Valentine’s Day over, ShoreBread has gone back to focusing on February as Black History Month. In that vein, we decided to do some historical digging by tracing the story of another great abolitionist from the Shore, Harriet Tubman. Tubman … Continue reading →

Planning a reunion with history in mind is just one of over 24 workshop topics to be featured at this year’s Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference to be held June 1-2 at the Cambridge branch of Chesapeake College.    The … Continue reading →

The Eastern Shore is much more than just it’s well-known resort areas, it’s an immense landscape steeped in history, home to a number of prominent leaders who helped usher in vast societal changes. In honor of Black History Month, Shorebread … Continue reading →

Harriet Tubman was known as ‘the Moses of her people’. She found freedom for herself and some three-hundred other slaves whom she led north to safe lands. In the Civil War she served the Union Army as a nurse, scout, … Continue reading →