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The Cephas family’s history is the history of Dorchester County.
EASTON — On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked a burning question in front of hundreds of abolitionists in Rochester, New York: “What to t…
For the second year, people from Caroline County and beyond flocked to the Juneteenth in Caroline celebration, held on June 19 on the front la…
The Frederick Douglass Honor Society will hold its annual community reading of Frederick Douglass’s historic address “What to the Slave is the…
EASTON — A new exhibit is documenting the often untold stories of hundreds of African American men from Talbot County who fought for their fre…
DORCHESTER COUNTY — Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and became a conductor of the Underground Railroad, leading around 13 missions to free over…
CAMBRIDGE — Following the removal and restoration of Harriet Tubman content from the National Park Service’s webpage about the Underground Rai…
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A new virtual collection of historic artifacts is shedding light on the early life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her father, Ben Ross.
On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, ruled 7-2 that Scott, an enslaved person, was not an America…
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Though President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, issued on Jan. 1, 1863, did not free the enslaved people in Maryland, it allowed African…