Dixie Highway Redesignated After Abolitionist Harriet Tubman

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Revered abolitionist and Underground Railroad “conductor” Harriet Tubman was honored Saturday with the honorary redesignation of Dixie Highway.

Florida Senator Shevrin Jones, Representative Kevin Chambliss were contiguous during the designation.

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The road’s honorary designation comes aft years of section voices and advocates calling for the alteration and Miami-Dade County’s question to bash truthful earlier this year.

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Tubman’s Underground Railroad spirited escaped slaves retired of the southbound to Canada and the Bahamas.

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In 2020, each 13 Miami-Dade commissioners supported the sanction change.

CBSMiami.com Team