While Harriet Tubman personally led dozens of people to freedom. her courage and fortitude also inspired others to find their own strength to seek freedom. President Street Station was indeed a station on this secret network. Prior to emancipation in 1863. several renowned escapees. including Frederick Douglass. William and Ellen Craft. and Henry "Box" Brown. traveled through the Station. risking their lives for a better and freer life. Others journeys for a better life also passed through President Street Station. From its beginning and into the 20th century. Baltimore was both a destination and departure point for immigrants. New arrivals from Ireland. Russia. and Europe arriving on the eastern seaboard traveled by way of the PW&B railroads to the west.
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