Harriet Tubman ’s residence near Auburn , New York is now closer than ever to becoming an official national historic park , the Associated Press reports .
According to New York state senator Charles Schumer , the Department of the Interior has finalized a Din Land transfer understanding that allows for the National Park Service to make the parkland . Now , all the Harriet Tubman National Historic Park needs to become a realism is approving from the secretary of the interior . ( Congress approved legislating to create the parkin December 2014,along witha similar parknear Tubman ’s birthplace on Maryland ’s Eastern Shore . )
In 1859 , the famed Underground Railroad conductormoved to the Auburn area — then home to a strong abolitionist residential district — after New York senator William Seward extend to trade her his home . Tubman survive there with her parents , and in 1896 , purchased 25 Akka of adjoining land to build a housing biotic community for elderly African - Americans , finally called the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged . In 1903 , Tubman deeded the dwelling house to a local church , the Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church , on the condition that they negociate the household .
The Harriet Tubman National Historical Park will include several properties , Syracuse.com reports . The dry land transport deal approved by the Department of the Interior allows for the Harriet Tubman Home , Inc. and AME Zion Church to sell its ownership of the church service and the Home for the Aged Rectory to the federal administration . Meanwhile , Tubman ’s former home , the Home for the Aged , and a historical barn will be jointly run by the National Park Service and Harriet Tubman Home , Inc. through a saving easing .
" As a New Yorker and an American , I ’m deeply lofty to see Tubman Park finally become a world , " Schumer said in a statement quoted by Syracuse.com . " The Tubman Historic Park in Auburn will be a magnet for visitor that will tell the amazing story of Harriet Tubman ’s life , an extraordinary American , and her story deserves to be shared with our children and grandchild . This green will dish up that solemn purpose and conserve her legacy for innumerable generation to come . "
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