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Members of the Historic Sotteley Descendants’ Project

Updated On: Mar 13, 2025 | The Project aims to connect all the descendants of the site whether they descend from enslavers, enslaved, workers or ally families to build an

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Gabriel Hall

Updated On: Jun 21, 2024 | During the War of 1812, at the age of 13, Gabriel Hall escaped slavery in Calvert County and created a successful life for himself

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Jessie Jones Reid

Updated On: Apr 11, 2024 | Jesse Jones Reid always was in service to his community as veteran, teacher, firefighter, school bus contractor and a Calvert County Board Commissioner.

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Village of Port Tobacco

Updated On: Apr 4, 2024 | Port Tobacco was one of Maryland's largest international seaports in the years before the American Revolution.

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James Bowie

Updated On: Jul 15, 2024 | James Bowie was 20 years old when he took the gamble and escaped Sotterley to British forces anchored in the Patuxent River during the

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Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles F. Bolden Jr.

Updated On: Apr 26, 2024 | Charles Bolden, First African American pilot, space shuttle astronaut, first Black NASA Administrator, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), Founder & CEO Emeritus, The

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Charles Ball

Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | Charles Ball an enslaved person from Calvert County is best known for his account as an American fugitive slave. but his valor is depicted

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Joan Groves Briscoe

Updated On: Mar 11, 2025 | Joan Groves and her brother Conrad entered Great Mill’s High School in St. Mary's County, Maryland under a court order in 1958 as the

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Bishop William Sampson Brooks

Updated On: Mar 13, 2025 | Bishop William Sampson Brooks of Calvert County used his talents and faith, during the Jim Crow era, to become powerful international leader and activist

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Harriet Elizabeth Brown

Updated On: Mar 13, 2025 | Harriet Elizabeth Brown, teacher, activist, role model, during racial segregation, sued the Calvert County Board of Education in 1937 for equalization of pay for

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Equity in History Coalition

The Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition is a transformative collaboration of local organizations and educational institutions, committed to elevating the history of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color in our region.

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Southern MarylandEquity in History Coalition

The Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition is a transformative collaboration of local organizations and educational institutions, committed to elevating the history of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color in our region.

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