Search Results
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.
Places to Experience
Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | St. Clement’s Island Museum rests on the east shore of the Potomac River overlooking St. Clement’s Island, Maryland’s First Colonial Landing in 1634. Exhibits
Places to Experience
Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | Point Lookout State Park is a designated National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site. During the Civil War Era, Point Lookout was
Places to Experience
Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | All Saints Parish' history spans over three centuries, encompassing significant moments that have shaped the community. The church was constructed with labor of enslaved
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | In an act passed during the 1671 legislative session, the Assembly expressly stated that the baptism of an enslaved person would not lead to
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | The Royal African Company’s ship Generous Jenny was the first documented middle passage ship to deliver enslaved Africans directly to Sotterley.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | Abraham Butler of Port Tobacco filed a successful suit for his freedom.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | Piscataway and other tribes defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, Ohio.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 27, 2024 | During the British occupation of Southern Maryland many enslaved men joined the British forces in hope of gaining their freedom.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | In 1831 there was a plan to send 10,000 free and enslaved Blacks to the Republic of Maryland in Africa
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | After the July incident, slaveholders were terrified so created a special militia.
