“Take My Hand” painted by local muralist Michael Rosato honors Harriet Tubman

By Vidar

Muralist Michael Rosato

“Take My Hand” by muralist Michael Rosato at the Tubman Museum and Education Center in Cambridge, Maryland.

Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.


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