The Tension of Liberty

The Tension of Liberty (HM2DUP)

Location: Port Tobacco, MD 20677 Charles County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 27.933', W 77° 1.433'

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A working farm provided a refuge for religion at the cost of freedom for enslaved laborers.

The history of Saint Ignatius Church reaches back to the English colony of Maryland. Lord Baltimore, the colony's founder, recruited Jesuit priests to serve the first Catholic settlers and support religious toleration in the colony. Father Andrew White selected this site close to local Native American communities.

These 4,000 acres became known as Saint Thomas Manor in 1649. Farm revenues supported the Jesuit's works throughout the colonies, and a church building here allowed Catholics to worship on private land undisturbed.

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An aerial view from 1944 shows the other side of the manor from where you stand.

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Plantation Records

By 1700, Saint Thomas Manor, like many farms in the colony, relied on enslaved Africans as farm workers. In 1830, 272 slaves were sold across Jesuit plantation in Maryland, including families here at Saint Thomas Manor.

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HM NumberHM2DUP
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Year Placed2018
Placed BySt. Ingatius Church, Maryland Byways, Maryland Heritage Areas Authority
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, January 26th, 2019 at 1:01pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 323429 N 4259411
Decimal Degrees38.46555000, -77.02388333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 27.933', W 77° 1.433'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 27' 55.98" N, 77° 1' 25.98" W
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Area Code(s)240, 301
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8855 Chapel Point Rd, Port Tobacco MD 20677, US
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