Binghamton University’s Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity officially opened the trail Tuesday.The center also unveiled the design for a new statue of Tubman to be placed next to the first marker on the trail alongside the Chenango River.
The missing statue is that of "Tom," a runaway slave in torn clothing, his hand outstretched toward another statue, that of Catherine Harris. Harris and her father were the first "colored" people in Jamestown.
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