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Zmags
MARYLAND’S
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD &
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HERITAGE
TRAVEL GUIDE
DEAR FRIENDS:
F
rom musicians and abolitionists to
scientists and statesmen, African-American
Marylanders have made indelible
contributions to the history and culture of
our great State. Starting with Maryland’s
very founding and carrying through to
today, their impact has been felt around the
State, across the country and even overseas. I invite
you to use this guide filled with Maryland stories of
struggle, pride and triumph.
Begin in Southern Maryland to learn of Mathias de Sousa, a man of African descent and one of
Maryland’s founding colonists. De
MARYLAND’S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD & AFRICAN-AMERICA
DEAR FRIENDS: F rom mus
THURGOOD MARS HALL MEMORIAL • Annapolis
CONTENTS 1 Governor’s Message 4 Discover a
DISCOVER AN ENDURING HERITAGE Steeped
Fest vals i o Honor the past while celebratin
ENJOY A THRIVING CULTURAL LEGACY THE REGINALD F.
THE NATIONAL GREAT BLACKS IN WA Baltimore X
HARRIET TUBMAN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BYWAY Having
WESTERN MARYLAND Allegany County (ALL) Gar
Hagerstown WAS A-11 Asbury United Methodist Ch
CAPITAL REGION Frederick County (FRE) Mont
furnishings and literature on the school and comm
hiding places tempted nearby enslaved people to e
African-American tenant farmers, built the struct
ISAAC MYERS (1835–1891), recognized as a pion
Silver Spring MON F-15 Arrest Site of
CENTRAL MARYLAND Anne Arundel County (AAR)
“Beneath the Underground: The Flight to Freedom,”
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum 901 W Pratt St,
Enoch Pratt Free Library 400 Cathedral St, 21201
Mother Mary Lange Monument 610 George St, 21227 F
BIO BENJAMIN BANNEKER (1731–1806), a free-born s
for the purpose of educating the recently freed A
him that preserved and displays exhibits related
SOUTHERN MARYLAND Calvert County (CAL) Charl
Hughesville CHR I-16 Camp Stanton Prince Fre
77 freedom seekers on board. Visit the lighthouse
EASTERN SHORE Caroline County (CRN)
Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center 424
Church Creek DOR J-21 Harriet Tubman Undergrou
Denton Steamboat Wharf 10219 River Land
Easton TAL H-21 Frederick Douglass Mark
Tubman rescue her brothers. In 1854, Tubman disco
Jacob and Hannah Leverton H
Snow Hill WOR M-25 Mount Zion One-Room Scho
“CONDUCTOR” ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EXPERIENC
Baltimore BCI C-18 African-American Cultur
genealogists and artists to “Put the Pieces Toget
index Abraham Hall...............................
Port Tobacco Courthouse .........................
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