A dramatic new sculpture of Harriet Tubman – “The Beacon of Hope” – is planned for a site along the Tubman Byway. Inspired by Harriet Tubman and her daring journeys to freedom on the Underground Railroad, Alpha Genesis Community Development Corporation (AGCDC) has been raising money for the Harriet’s Journey Home project.
The campaign seeks to raise $250,000 to commission, purchase and permanently install a 12-foot bronze statue of Harriet Tubman (created by Wesley Wofford Sculpture Studio) at the Dorchester County Courthouse in Cambridge, MD – Stop #3 along the byway, and a former site of slave auctions. It’s also the site of the first escape engineered by Tubman, which ended up freeing her niece Kessiah and her children.