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Currents of Change: The Choptank River’s Legacy in Slavery and the Pursuit of Freedom

by Kennedy Thomason | Jul 26, 2024 | A.M.E. Church, Black History & Culture, Champions of Freedom & Civil Rights, Civil Rights & Racial Justice, Kennedy Thomason Project, Quakers, The River is the Center by Kennedy Thomason, William Still, Women

Introduction       The Choptank’s waters, once pathways for the arrival and auction of enslaved African people, later became lifelines guiding daring escapes to freedom. Throughout America’s earliest years, Caroline County and the Choptank River bore witness to...

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