by Don Barker | Feb 14, 2021 | Black History, Religion
I walked 16 miles from Easton to my father’s. I knocked at the door and said, “Who lives here?” Father answered by saying, “Who is that?” I said, “Me.” Then mother said, “That’s Alexander”– showing a mother never forgets her child. Read Bishop Wayman’s story...
by Don Barker | Nov 25, 2016
Also called Wayman’s Landing. Wayman’s Wharf was located on the Tuckahoe River a few miles south of Hillsboro. It served as the steamboat landing for Hillsboro from at least from 1881 to 1921. The African-American Wayman family owned the wharf and...
by Don Barker | Apr 24, 2014 | Black History, Churches
Reverend Jeremiah Miller was jailed in Easton. He prophecied the Lord would shake the town that day. After he was driven out, the church went down in that part of Maryland, until Bishop Wayman returned and set it right. The Legacy of A.M.E Bishop A.W. Wayman of...
by Don Barker | Apr 18, 2014 | Black History, Churches
Bishop Wayman, Do you come from Tuckahoe? Are you a son of Francis Wayman of Caroline County? I am. And now tell me, Did Charlie and Button pull your wagon all the way from Tuckahoe to Ohio? The Legacy of A.M.E Bishop A.W. Wayman of Tuckahoe Neck, Caroline...
by Don Barker | Apr 7, 2014 | Black History, Churches
They wrote: His color was black. His features were strong. His voice was commanding, deep. His white friends in Denton always came out to hear him preach. So did Generals, Governors, and Presidents. Born on the Tuckahoe, 1821 (before Fred Bailey across the river...
by Don Barker | Feb 20, 2021 | Black History, Churches
“You know the feelings of the white people here in Delaware. Are you ready to die?” I said, None of these things move me. I never was so inspired to speak since the day I was born. And news went back to Caroline, that I was shot and killed. The Legacy of...
by Don Barker | May 22, 2014 | Black History, Churches
I walked 16 miles from Easton to my father’s. I knocked at the door and said, “Who lives here?” Father answered by saying, “Who is that?” I said, “Me.” Then mother said, “That’s Alexander”–...
by Don Barker | May 22, 2014 | Black History, Champions of Freedom & Civil Rights, Churches
Who made you free, young Alexander? Your enslaved father? Your freed mother? How were you free, Alexander? Free to sit beside the Tuckahoe, read holy books and toss pebbles into the water, listen to Aunt Hester’s screams on the other side? Free to walk away from...
by Don Barker | Apr 21, 2014 | Black History
Photo credit: Detroit Publishing Co., 1900-1920 They said, Rev. Noah C.W. Cannon is a dangerous man. He preached at Denton on Sunday.And would preach at my father’sout in the country that week.He was admired by all who heard him. But that night came the constable with...
by Don Barker | Apr 20, 2014 | Black History, Churches
Near the place I was born,Tuckahoe,I dedicated Deep Branch Chapel.Then I hastened and got off. It’s 1874. Here. The Legacy of A.M.E Bishop A.W. Waymanof Tuckahoe Neck, Caroline County, Maryland Bishop Wayman recollects: When the [Missouri] Conference...
