The objective of gathering these 88 stories is not to focus on the well-known individuals, but to include those people who in their everyday lives exemplified the strength and resilience of the Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color of Southern Maryland. Appreciating their stories provides a view into the history of Southern Maryland like no other.
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Frank Kane at five months old he was sold for $50.00. He grew up on the Sotterley Plantation.
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Joyce Freeland recounts what life was like growing up in segregated Calvert County and later working on Capital Hill.
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Hilry Kane (Cane) faced chattel slavery, the Civil War, emancipation, reconstruction, finally established an independent life. Through him, we can understand what life was
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Elisa Kane's (Cane) life on Sotterley illustrates what life was like before, during the Civil War, and after emancipation in 1864. How much did
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Ann Joice was a freewoman who became enslaved. How did her descendants win their freedom through the courts during colonial times?
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Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | Horace G. Funn was a Calvert County educator during the transition from segregation to Integration.
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Mary W. Jackson successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become NASA’s first black female engineer in 1958 and a leader
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Harold T. Herndon: A Man for All Seasons: Air Force Major, educator, musician, corporation founder, president and CEO.
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Matthew Alexander Henson was born in a one-room log hut on a farm in Charles County. He discovered the North Pole with Robert E.
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Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Josiah Henson led a full life as an enslaved, activist, author, abolitionist and minister. He is believed to have inspired the main character in
