Maryland

Maryland Governor Proclaims Year of Harriet Tubman

Governor Larry Hogan observed the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famed freedom fighter and encouraged visitors to state and federal sites in the state that preserve the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad. 

Free Black Men and Women Founded an Eastern Shore Village to Avoid Attention. Now Their Descendants Want to Share the Stories

Established as a settlement of free Black men and women in the early 1800s, San Domingo is believed to be the first and oldest such community in the state of Maryland.

Harriet Tubman's Lost Maryland Home Found, Say Archaeologists

State archaeologists discovered remains of a cabin that evidence suggests belonged to Ben Ross, and where the woman who would be known as Harriet Tubman lived for a period of time as a child. 

Maryland’s State Song, a Nod to the Confederacy, Nears Repeal

"Maryland, My Maryland" was written by a Confederate sympathizer in 1861 and has come under scrutiny in recent years for its characterization of the Union army as a force of tyranny and call for listerners to fight for the Confederacy. 

Gloria Richardson Pushed Aside a Bayonet as a ’60s Civil Rights Activist. Now 98, She Wants the New Generation to Fight On

Gloria Richardson remains a fierce advocate for racial justice and a proponent of disrupting the status quo decades after being photographed pushing aside a National Guardsman's bayonet during protests in Cambridge, Maryland. 

Today I Learned: Gloria Richardson is Still Alive

"President John F. Kennedy told protestors in Dorchester County to stand down. Gloria Richardson told JFK he could go to hell."

Maryland Archaeologists Unearth Jesuit Plantation’s 18th-Century Slave Quarters

“The Jesuits were prolific in their record keeping, but very little survived on the enslaved African Americans who worked the fields and served the Catholic Church,” says Julie Schablitsky, the highway administration’s chief archaeologist, in the statement.

My Local Confederate Monument

by Casey Cep

The author examines the history and politics of the last remaining Confederate monument on public lands, other than battlefields and cemeteries, in the state of Maryland. 

This Majority-Black D.C. Suburb Instituted Police Reforms Years Ago. It’s Trying Again.

Prince George's County, east of Washington, DC, became one of the country's biggest majority-Black suburban areas in the 1990s. Then the county police department was subject to a federal consent decree over use of force policies. Today, the county is working proactively to respond to community pressures for further reform.

Maryland’s State Song Celebrates The Confederacy. This Alternative Hails Harriet Tubman And Elijah Cummings

“It’s the dumbest thing in the world for Maryland, of all states, to have a racist, secessionist song,” Congressman Jamie Raskin said. “We were with the Union."

Maryland County Votes to Keep Statue Honoring Confederate Soldiers

The “Talbot Boys” memorial is thought to be the only Confederate memorial on state property in Maryland.

Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture Announces $1 Million In Funding for Preservation Projects

The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) announces $1 million in available funds for African American preservation projects throughout the state of Maryland.

2 Women Work to Highlight History of Slaves in Maryland Town

One woman is a descendant of people who were enslaved in Taneytown for generations. The other woman’s ancestors belonged to the family line of the owner of those slaves.

The Bones of A Former Slave And Black Leader Were Missing — Until A Historian Asked In The Right Place

Historian Janice Hayes-Williams was just starting out as an amateur local historian when she found out Smith Price had been deeply disrespected.

Maryland Commission Sets Out To Investigate State's Lynching History

by Robin Young and Allison Hagan

A Maryland commission empowered to investigate at least 40 lynchings that occurred between 1854 and 1933 will have its public launch Thursday night.

John Locke Breaks His Silence

A new manuscript is located in Maryland. But do Americans care what the philosophers have to say?

Descendants of slaves and slave owners discover legacy of Maryland’s Sotterley Plantation

The restored cabin opened to the public in 2017 and was dedicated in honor of Agnes Kane Callum. The property also has an exhibit that describes the working farm, and lists the names of the enslaved people who lived there.

Demoting “Maryland, My Maryland” Ends a Struggle Begun by Black Baltimoreans in 1863

by Martha S. Jones

Another pillar of the Lost Cause myth falls.

A Maryland Hill’s Prehistoric Secret

Pig Point has become a tantalizing window into prehistoric gatherings on the hilltop thousands of years ago.

Maryland dig seeks proof of 1st free black community

EASTON, Md. (AP) — Archaeology students have been sifting through a little patch of ground on Maryland’s Eastern Shore this summer, seeking evidence that it was home to the nation’s first free African-American community.Historians say hundreds of free blacks once lived in the area, while plantations flourished with hundreds of black slaves not far away.The students from the University of Maryland, College Park, and Morgan State University have been digging behind what is now the Women’s Club of Talbot County. The building, part of which dates to at least 1793, was home to three free non-white residents, according to the 1800 Census....