Black History
They run off the Quaker but lynch the Free Black Man.
The mob from neighboring Dorchester County, intent on tar and feathers forced Arthur Leverton to “make tracks for parts unknown” and pitched upon Daniel Hubbard, ready to carry him to Cambridge and hang him merely on suspicion.
“Tuckahoe” by Robert Durwood Madison
In observance of Black History Month, we’re publishing Tuckahoe, a cycle of poems which beckon us to learn more about Frederick Douglass’s life and times – and to Stand in the Place.
Where the Dead Rise Up
You might not see them from the road. You have to stop and get out. Walk around for a closer look. Crypts floating to the surface.
This is St. Paul AME Church. It’s one of dozens of segregated black churches that organized in Caroline County and throughout the Eastern Shore of Maryland after 1865.
War Heroes
Courageous Women
Everyday Citizens
