34 Some  areas  requiring  additional  research  are  the  following:
A.       African  Americans'  arrival  in  Maryland
1.       West  Indian  connection  in the   1690's
2.       Presence of African descendents  in Anne Arundel  County
in the  1770's (40 -50 % of the population) B.       Definition of Slave by Maryland Law
1.       Rights/  or lack of rights  as personal property
2.       Issues  associated  with  enslaved  females
3.       Urban  and  plantation  slavery C.       Free  Africans  and their descendents  in Maryland
1.       Skilled  labor  force
2.       Location and livelihood of the 25,OOO free Africans in 1860 D.       Enslaved  Europeans  in  Maryland
1 .       Differing   statue
2.       Indentured   servants'   length   of service E        Founding  of churches  by  African Americans
1.       Perceptions  and  actions  of land-holding  slave  owners
2.       Anglican,  Methodist,  Baptist,  Catholic,  and  Episcopal
Churches:   Varying  viewpoints  and  perspectives F.        Maryland and the Civil War