African Americans; Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911; Haverly, Jack, 1837-1901; Minstrels; Slavery; Spirituals (songs);
Document containing the broadside entitled "In the Morning by the Bright Light." Although some regard the words to this song as a celebration of the end of slavery, that view seems short-sighted. The point of the song is spiritual in nature, with...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by J. B. Dehoff. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by James Crouse. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Joshua Baseman. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
African Americans; Broadsides; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Minstrels; Slavery; Songs; ; Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884
Document containing the broadside entitled "Kingdom Coming" from a song written by Henry Clay Work (music not provided) and published in 1862. This broadside, told in the minstrel's stereotypical African American dialect, relates with wry humor...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by L. T. Bennett. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Slaves--Dwellings--Maryland--Howard County;Doughoregan Manor (Md.);Log cabins--Maryland;
Photograph of a log cabin that sits alongside the main house at Doughoregan Manor in Howard County, Maryland. Doughoregan Manor was the ancestral home of the Carroll family, including Charles Carroll (1737-1832), of Carrollton, one of the original...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Mrs. A. M. Gilleland. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender,...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Mrs. Alice M. Crapster. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender,...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Mrs. Mary Hoover. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Mrs. Sarah S. Curry. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender,...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Nathan Gorsuch. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Architecture, domestic; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Slaves; Trees;
Photograph of the rear of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789), Chancellor of the...
Photograph of the side and front of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789),...
Drawing; Sheet music; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sheet music of The Grasshopper, A Tragic Cantata, written by Innes Randolph and illustrated by A. J. Volck. This fanciful satire of Italian grand opera, dedicated to and no doubt performed by and for the members of the Wednesday Club of Baltimore,...
Patty Cannon's House (Reliance, Md.); Cannon, Lucretia P., ca. 1760-1829; Slave traders--Maryland--Dorchester County; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Dorchester County;
Photograph of so-called Patty Cannon's House on the border between Caroline and Dorchester counties in Maryland and Sussex County in Delaware. Located at the intersection of Maryland Routes 392 and 577 and Delaware Route 20, it is thought to be the...
Photograph of the Pearce family house in Long Green Valley near Glen Arm in Baltimore County, Maryland. For two generations this house was occupied by the family of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas G. Pearce, who lived there in 1938. The stone portions at each...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Perry Bennett. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Mural painting and decoration, American--Maryland--Catonsville; African Americans m art--Maryland; Bahr, Leonard Marion, 1905-1990; High school libraries--Maryland--Catonsville; Caton, Mary (Polly) Carroll, 1770-1846; Caton, Richard, 1763-1845;...
Photograph of a 1934 mural entitled "Arrival of Mary Carroll Caton at Castle Thunder" by Leonard Marion Bahr (1905-1990) located on the wall of the Catonsville High School library in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The mural was...
African American men; Agricultural machinery; Bahr, Leonard Marion, 1905-1990; Baltimore County (Md.); Mural painting and decoration; Libraries; Roads; School buildings; Slaves; Tobacco; Transportation; United States. Public Works Administration.;
Photograph of a 1934 mural entitled "Slaves Rolling Hogsheads of Tobacco Down a Road" by Leonard Marion Bahr (1905-1990) located on the wall of the Catonsville High School library in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The mural was...
