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JPPM: Oral History of Eugene Plater

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Oral history of Eugene Plater, African American citizen of Calvert County. Served twenty five years in US Army.  Lives on Clagett Road off Dalrymple in the community he grew up in.  His family were slaves, then free sharecroppers, then farm owners.

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County: Calvert County
Themes: African American People and Culture
Timeframes: 1877 – 1896 The Gilded Age, 1896 – 1916 The Progressive Era, 1917 – 1929 WWI and the Roaring Twenties, 1929 – 1940 The Great Depression
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher

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Type of Entry: Individual Resource
County: Calvert County
Themes: African American People and Culture
Timeframes: 1877 – 1896 The Gilded Age, 1896 – 1916 The Progressive Era, 1917 – 1929 WWI and the Roaring Twenties, 1929 – 1940 The Great Depression
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher

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