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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDA_two-centuries-of-farm-buildings-historical_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
The buildings on this property are clues to the lives of the people who lived here over the past two centuries. Sixteen buildings stand on the main part of the property. They all say something about who lived here, the crops they grew, and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IPB_war-all-around_MD.html
Perched above the Potomac River, Mount Welby was nearly surrounded by the war in August 1814. Mary Welby DeButts describes hearing "every fire" from the Battle of Bladensburg and how the house was illuminated by fires in Washington. She …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FEG_salubria-changed-the-future-of-the-potomac-valley_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
The nature of agriculture along the Potomac changed thanks to the techniques Dr. John H. Bayne used to produce fresh fruit and vegetables for the nation capital. Bayne ceased fighting for Maryland slaveholders to be compensated for emancipation, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FE9_salubria_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Panel 1:Welcome to SalubriaThis location, Salubria, was a historic site. It has intact archaeological evidence of Woodland Era Indian encampments from 1300-1600 A.D. The Piscataway-Conoy was one of the tribes that frequently inhabited the region.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FE3_judah-and-resistance_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Resistance to slavery took many forms - some more extreme and more cruel than others. In November 1834, house slave Judah, a 14 year-old, girl confessed to fatally poisoning three of Dr. Bayne children and attempting to set fire to Salubria, his h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDK_emancipation-in-maryland_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
On November 1, 1864, new provisions of the Maryland State Constitution brought freedom to the enslaved people of Maryland after 200 years of bondage. Article 24 stated, "That hereafter, in this State, there shall be neither slavery nor invol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDG_dr-john-h-bayne-a-leader-in-his-community_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
In addition to his very successful horticulture activities, Dr. Bayne provided leadership in other areas. A Politician Who Evolved In 1841, Dr. Bayne entered Maryland politics and was elected to the House of Delegates as a member of the Whig Par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FD9_dr-john-h-bayne-of-salubria-prince-of-horticulture_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
A Need For Change After acquiring the Salubria land and building his manor house here in 1830, Dr. John H. Bayne quickly realized that devoting the entire property to the cultivation of tobacco was not going to produce the income he needed. Tobacc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FA2_slavery-in-the-potomac-valley_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Only Black Slavery Was Legal in MarylandMaryland institutionalized the enslavement of Africans at the same time they were being shipped to this section of the Potomac Valley from St. Mary City, Port Tobacco, and Virginia. Indians and Whites had be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZG_original-federal-boundary-stone-southeast-7_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Original FederalBoundary Stone Southeast 7District of ColumbiaPlaced in 1791-1792 This plaque placed here on the 222nd anniversaryof the founding ofWashington, DC1790-2012Stone maintained byNational Society Daughters of the American Revolution
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