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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: 225 Print image (47K) |
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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: 225 Print image (47K) |
| 1824 William Levington founded St. James Church in Baltimore. 1825 Frances Watkins Harper, one of the best known antislavery poets during the antebellum period, was born in Baltimore. 1830 Hezekiah Grice organized the Equal Rights League in Baltimore. 1834 Henry Blair, invented the corn planter. 1835 Isaac Myers, businessman, shipbuilder, and founder of the Chesapeake Bay Marine Dry dock Company. 1864 Enslavement ended in Maryland. 1866 Matthew Henson, arctic explorer, was born in Charles County. 1867 Morgan State University was founded. Originally called Centenary Biblical Institute, later named Morgan State College. 1883 Eubie Blake, entertainer, was born in Baltimore. Along with Noble Sissle he created musical comedies, such as Shuffle Along, which dominated the Broadway scene. 1890 Harry S. Cummings was elected to the Baltimore City Council as the first African American elected official in the state of Maryland. 1892 Highland Beach, an African American resort, was founded by Charles Douglass, son of Frederick Douglass. 1892 Baltimore Afro American Newspaper was founded by John H. Murphy. 1894 Dr. John Marcus Cargill and Dr. William T. Carr established Provident Hospital on Orchard Street in Baltimore. 1896 Herbert Frisby, an arctic and polar explorer, was born 1900 Coppin State College was established. It was formerly called Coppin Normal School and was operated by Baltimore City, in order to train African American teachers for its school system. 1896 Dr. John Marcus Cargill, physician and member of the City Council, introduced an ordinance calling for the gradual replacement of white teachers by African Americans in all African American schools. SS-75 |