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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 224 Print image (49K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 224 Print image (49K) |
| MARYLAND/BALTIMORE TlMELlNE IMPORTANT AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE AND EVENTS 1634 John Price and Matthias Sousa made the voyage from England on the Ark and Dove to St. Mary's County, Maryland. Many Africans were brought into Maryland for the purpose of enslavement. 1640-1699 Punitive slave laws applying to both indentured servants and slaves were enacted in Maryland. 1663 Maryland settlers passed a law stipulating that all Africans brought into Maryland were to be given the status of slaves. 1698-1707 Seventeen ships owned by the London companies brought 2,290 Africans into Maryland. 1731 Benjamin Banneker, mathematician, naturalist, astronomer, inventor, poet, writer, surveyor, and social critic was born in Maryland. Helped to plan our nation's capitol, Washington, D. C. 1767 Kunta Kinte, an African descendant of Alex Haley, author of Roots, was brought to the dock in Annapolis for the purpose of enslavement. 1783 The Maryland General Assembly prohibited the importation of Africans for the purpose of enslavement. 1789 Josiah Henson, escaped from enslavement and became a well known preacher and author. He was said to be the model for Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom's Cabin. 1805 Free African Americans had to have a license to sell wheat, corn, and tobacco. 1807 Ira Aldridge, carpenter and Shakespearean actor was born in Bel Air, Maryland. 1812 Daniel Coker directed an African school in Baltimore. He started with 17 students and had 150 students by 1820. 1817 Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland. 1820 Harriet Tubman was born in Buckstown, Maryland. 1820 William Lively, was director of the Sharp Street School in Baltimore which he later renamed Union Seminary. He introduced a liberal arts curriculum including English, French, and Latin. SS-74 |