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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I57_choptank-river-heritage-center-steal-away-by-river_Denton-MD.html
The Choptank River was as entwined with the history of slavery and freedom on the Eastern Shore as any plantation. Slaves arrived by boat for auction and left the dock in the hands of a new owner. At wharves like this, black watermen played an imp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4V_linchester-mill-living-dangerously_Preston-MD.html
Daily life at and around Linchester Mill provided fertile yet dangerous ground for those seeking freedom. The mill, a general store, post office and homes at this site brought whites and blacks, free and enslaved, into regular contact. Freedom a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4U_linchester-mill_Preston-MD.html
Linchester Mill borders Hunting Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. This historic site provided a crossing for Native Americans who traveled the Choptank Indian Trail; colonists en route to the first Choptank …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4T_leverton-house-finding-safe-haven_Preston-MD.html
Refugees from slavery came here for temporary sanctuary. Under the cover of darkness, they crept across these fields toward the home of Quaker Jacob and Hannah Leverton. The house, a rare, documented Underground Railroad station, still stands at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4S_webb-cabin-living-free_Preston-MD.html
Common in the mid-19th century, this cabin is a rare survivor today. James H. and Mary Ann Webb built this one-room house in the 1850s, using materials found in the surrounding landscape. Hand-hewn log walls rest on a foundation of ballast stones …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4O_sailing-away-to-freedom-glipin-point_Preston-MD.html
Glipin's Point was one of the busiest wharves along the Choptank River in Caroline County where steamboats and sailing vessels transported people, timber, agricultural products, and seafood. It sat just upriver from Dr. Anthony C. Thompson's plant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4N_william-richardson_Preston-MD.html
Tomb of William RichardsonPatriotCol. of the Flying Camp of the Maryland LineHero of battles of Long Island and Harlem Heights 1776
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4M_william-still-center-families-divided-united_Denton-MD.html
William Still's mother Sidney and several of his siblings lived in a cottage on the plantation where they were enslaved. Sidney escaped with her children to join her husband in New Jersey, but she was soon recaptured and returned to Maryland. Leav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I21_choptank-landing-escape-from-poplar-neck_Preston-MD.html
While the Choptank River could pose a troublesome barrier to those without a boat, others used the river as a path to freedom. Josiah Bailey, an enslaved logger and shipbuilder, rowed six miles up the river. His destination was Poplar Neck, where…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I20_escape-from-poplar-neck_Preston-MD.html
Harriet Tubman's parents, Rit and Ben Ross, moved to Poplar Neck in 1847. Her father worked as a lumber foreman on Dr. Anthony C. Thompson's 2,200 heavily forested acres. Harriet probably made her first escape from this place in 1849, and she cove…
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