Almost from the first inception of slavery, there were friends of African descendants who did what they could for their liberation.    One of the plans was to the colonize the free Africans and let them go to colonies outside of the United States.    Land was purchased in Africa,  Liberia, for their return. Seventeen Blacks made up the first group to leave Maryland.    By 1857,  a total of 1,451 had returned to the new colony.
European immigrants were assisted by ethnic communities that were already well established in Maryland.    Charitable organizations and labor unions grew. Few public organizations were founded to help African Americans.    The greatest influence and assistance for African Americans were the African-American churches.
Cultural Diversity
Many famous people contributed to the development of Maryland, famous persons were artists, writers, scientists, athletics, explorers, architects, mathematicians, and inventors.
Some
Name
Christian A.   Fleetwood Benjamin Banneker
Harriett Tubman Frederick Douglass Matthew A.  Henson Donald Murray Thurgood Marshall
Li I lie Mae Car roll
Jackson Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
Parren J.  Mitchell
Anna Ella Car roll
Johns Hopkins
Harry Sythe Cummings
Roger B.  Taney John Brown Morris A.   lies
City/County
Baltimore Ellicott Mills
Dorchester County Talbot County Charles County
Baltimore City
Baltimore City Baltimore City Baltimore City
Maryland Anne Arundel
Frederick County Washington Baltimore City
Contribution
Medal of Honor - Civil War
Author,  Inventor,
mathematician
Abolitionist
Abolitionist
Explorer
Civil Rights Activist
Chief Justice of Supreme
Court
Civil Rights Activist
NAACP - President,  Lawyer,
Lobbyist 1st African American member
to U.   S.  House of Delegates Advocate of Black Suffrage Philanthropist 1st African American elected
to public office Pro-slavery Supreme Court
Justice
Worked to free enslaved persons
Community Economic Developer/Enterprise Zone Model
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