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Shells from the Catoctin Furnace rained down on the British earthworks in Yorktown, but canned oysters from Canton supplied Allied trenches during WWI. The Enchanted Forest imparted a bit of magic to countless childhoods and Hagerstown provided a hub for commerce in the Cumberland Valley. When Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglas and Harriet Tubman escaped bondage on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, they offered unprecedented hope. Draw on the boundless resources of the Old Line State with our Maryland history books. [View all Maryland books]
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Book cover for Black Antietam African Americans and the Civil War in Sharpsburg with historic portraits and a Civil War camp scene
Black Antietam
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$21.99
Cover image for Baltimore and the Civil Rights Movement, isbn: 9781467160001
Baltimore and the Civil Rights Movement
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$23.99
Cover image for Maryland Freedom Seekers on the Underground Railroad, isbn: 9781467148719
Maryland Freedom Seekers on the Underground Railroad
Paperback
$23.99
Cover image for Uncle Tom's Journey from Maryland to Canada, isbn: 9781625859419
Uncle Tom's Journey from Maryland to Canada
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$21.99

Black Antietam

9781467150729

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Read the story of the Battle of Antietam from the African American perspective.

The African American community around Sharpsburg, Maryland witnessed John Brown’s raid, wartime skirmishes, the Battle of South Mountain, and the aftermath of the bloodiest day in American history. Read stories of encounters with Abraham Lincoln and Union and Confederate generals, and of Black civilian suffering and sacrifice in the cause of freedom. Their experiences during four years of Civil War come to life in vivid detail, often in their own words.

Award-winning historian Emilie Amt recounts the personal stories of African Americans, both enslaved and free, who lived on the battlefield and who worked in the armies who clashed there.

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Baltimore and the Civil Rights Movement

9781467160001

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In all aspects of life, from politics and education to religion and business, the Black Baltimore community has been a leader for civil rights. From the 19th century until the 1970s, Baltimore has been at the forefront of various civil rights movements. Black Baltimoreans helped establish the Niagara Movement, the precursor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and had one of the most active NAACP branches, counting among its members pastors, politicians, entrepreneurs, educators, athletes, musicians, and others. Meritorious services were rendered by Rev. Harvey Johnson; William Ashbie Hawkins; Lillie Carroll Jackson; Lillie’s daughter Juanita Jackson Mitchell; Juanita’s husband, Clarence Maurice Mitchell Jr.; Walter Thomas Dixon; Enolia McMillan; Lena King Lee; and countless others who created a proud legacy of activism in the Monumental City.
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Maryland Freedom Seekers on the Underground Railroad

9781467148719

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Journey with the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad.

Maryland was the starting point of many freedom seekers. They embarked on the perilous journey from slavery to freedom in whatever way they could. John Thompson signed onto a whaling ship. James Watkins sailed to England and became a lecturer on slavery. Hester Norman fled, was caught, and was rescued by the Black community in her husband’s Pennsylvania town. They used ruses, found allies and eluded slave catchers, but lived in constant fear until they obtained their freedom papers. In their adventures, these freedom seekers used initiative, determination, and courage.

These qualities served them well as they achieved freedom. Jenny Masur tells their stories.

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Uncle Tom's Journey from Maryland to Canada

9781625859419

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Josiah Henson was born into slavery in La Plata, Maryland, and auctioned off as a child to pay his owner’s debt. After numerous trials and abuse, he earned the trust of his slaveholder by exhibiting intelligence and skill.


Daringly, he escaped to Canada with his wife and children. There he established a settlement and school for fugitives and repeatedly returned to the United States to help lead others to freedom along the Underground Railroad. He published a bestselling autobiography and became a popular preacher, lecturer, and international celebrity. He is immortalized as the inspiration for the title character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Author Edna M. Troiano recounts the amazing life of Maryland’s Josiah Henson and explores the sites devoted to his memory.

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