Book: “Images of America: Sotterley Plantation” by Jeanne Pirtle former Director of Education at Historic Sotterley, tells the story of the plantation from the colonial period – 1699 – through 1961.
History
Planning Your Visit
County: St. Mary's County
Themes: African American People and Culture, Civic Ideas and Action, People, Places, and Our Southern Maryland Environment, Rural Life in Southern Maryland, Women’s History
Timeframes: 1607 – 1763 Colonization, 1763 – 1783 The Revolutionary Era, 1783 – 1800 Founding a New Nation, 1800 – 1828 The Early Nationalist Period, 1828 – 1860 Antebellum America, 1860 – 1877 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1877 – 1896 The Gilded Age, 1896 – 1916 The Progressive Era, 1917 – 1929 WWI and the Roaring Twenties, 1929 – 1940 The Great Depression, 1940 – 1952 World War II and the Early Cold War, 1950’s
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher
