Archive: Collection on Landscapes of Slavery
This collection contains primary and secondary material relating to the history of enslaved people in Maryland during the eighteen and nineteenth century.
History
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County: St. Mary's County
Themes: African American People and Culture, Rural Life in Southern Maryland
Timeframes: 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, 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000 – 2024 21st Century America
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher
