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Jun 7, 2023 · The Black history of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay watershed is a network of over 100,00 rivers and streams spanning six mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C. These waterways flow ...
The Chesapeake Bay region is a significant setting in African-American history. The region was a gateway for the first Black people brought from Africa to the colonies. Throughout the mid-1800s, the Bay and its rivers were important pathways along the Underground Railroad. After the war, newly emancipated Black people found their way to the ...
May 6, 2024 · ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A new story map chronicles 65 historically Black beaches and other places of Black historical significance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including portions of New York ...
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May 6, 2024 · Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation and Chesapeake Conservancy Partner to Shine a Light on Undertold Stories of the Chesapeake. Annapolis, MD—A new story map chronicles 65 historically Black beaches and other places of Black historical significance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including portions of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Feb 23, 2021 · The Great Dismal Swamp is one of the few areas on the Atlantic Coast where populations of migratory birds like the Swainson’s warbler remain stable. The Great Dismal Swamp supports nearby communities as well. The water of the swamp is unusually pure, thanks to the tannic acid produced by the juniper, gum and cypress trees, which inhibits the ...
Another effort, to be undertaken by Cheryl A. Snowden, another Black historian at the Beach, is using a city grant also to research specifically, the history of the oldest Black community in that city, which dates back to the War of 1812. Her project is called “Project Seajack.”. Eventually their labor of love will be written as research ...
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Sep 15, 2017 · Artisan Workers in the Upper South: Petersburg, Virginia, 1820-1865 (2008) by Diane Barnes looks at four classes of artisans in Antebellum Petersburg, including the largest free black community as a percentage of its population in Virginia, which in turn had the largest free black population in the South. Other artisan classes were skilled slaves for hire, white wage earners, and master ...
