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 History
Updated On: Apr 4, 2024 | Mallows Bay Park boasts a collection of historic shipwrecks dating back to the Civil War, and archaeological artifacts nearly 12,000 years old. It also
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Apr 4, 2024 | Pomonkey Historic District is notable as a historically African American commercial enclave, which served the community during the early twentieth century when many local
Places to Experience History Photo Gallery
Updated On: Apr 4, 2024 | Port Tobacco was one of Maryland's largest international seaports in the years before the American Revolution.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 27, 2024 | Enslaved African Americans were told they could gain their freedom by joining the British military or relocating to a British colony.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | In 1680 Zekiah Fort was established by Governor Charles Calvert for the protection of the Piscataway from Susquehannock and Seneca attacks.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | On Easter Monday 1817 over 150 enslaved and free black men and women gathered at the St. Inigoes’ store and staged a rebellion to
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | Milly Cooper was charged with harboring a freedom seeker and convicted on September 1, 1828.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | A group of enslaved African Americans made their way north from Charles County on July 7, 1845.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | The incident involving The Pearl was the largest recorded non-violent escape attempt by enslaved people.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required that freedom seekers be returned to their owners without due process of law.
