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The search results are drawn from the organizations that contain significant history resources, and the categories including places to experience, notable people and the timeline. All can be searched by keyword, time, theme, type, counties and audience. The search filters were developed with the school systems to align with State social studies requirements.
Article History
Updated On: Oct 31, 2024 | How the Maryland Constitution, passed on November 1, 1864 providing for the emancipation of all enslaved in the State, effect Southern Maryland.
Article History
Updated On: Aug 15, 2024 | Extracts from journals kept by three young ladies from Billerica, Massachusetts. The first person accounts record their experiences “while working as volunteers to work
History
Updated On: Aug 1, 2024 | Pomfret "Colored School" in Charles County was built as an expansion of the original Pomfret one room school in the 1920's.
History
Updated On: Aug 1, 2024 | The report on Piscataway Park creates a historical and ethnographic context for the park. It identifies community-associated groups and other stakeholders, and reviews, collects,
Article History
Updated On: Jun 23, 2024 | During the New Deal, architect Albert I. Cassell envisioned Calvert Town, an economic self-reliant community for African Americans on the Chesapeake Bay.
Places to Experience
Updated On: Jun 22, 2024 | St. Peter Claver Church is the only predominantly Catholic African American church in St. Mary's County. Its history reflects the history of Maryland.
Notable People History
Updated On: Jun 21, 2024 | Albert Cassell, famous Black architect, planned a town on 500 acres for African Americans he called Calvert Town.
Notable People History Photo Gallery
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
Notable People History
Updated On: Nov 4, 2024 | Betty Stewart Coates at 18, with her small child, was a refugee daring to escape enslavement for freedom on a British ship on the
