by Don Barker | Feb 27, 2017 | 20th Century, Black History, Everyday Citizens, Town
In West Denton … there were two blacksmith Shops serving the farmers and residents of the area. One was operated by a Negro named Walter Moore … I doubt if any kingdom ever fell because Walter’s nails came loose. [Excerpt from Bridges...
by Don Barker | Feb 23, 2017 | Black History, Women
Rosetta Douglass Sprague wrote in the memoir about her mother, Anna Murray Douglass, that young Frederick Bailey “gave his heart” to Anna Murray, and she “sympathized with him and she devoted all her energies to assist him” to escape slavery in...
by Don Barker | Feb 22, 2017 | Black History, Champions of Freedom & Civil Rights, Schools, Women
The first woman president of the NAACP, Dr. Enolia P. McMillan, started her professional career as a teacher in Caroline County in 1927, when she taught at the Denton segregated black high school. The following year, she served as a school principal in Charles...
by Don Barker | Feb 15, 2017 | Black History, Schools
Almost all of the old buildings are gone. But we can lay old maps over aerial and satellite imagery of Caroline County to find the places where they once stood. Do the “helicopter tour” of the school sites as they look today. We fly north...
by Don Barker | Feb 11, 2017 | Black History, Champions of Freedom & Civil Rights, Women
She was born free in Caroline County. He was born across the river in Talbot, enslaved. They followed separate paths to Baltimore. Anna met Frederick for the first time at the city wharves. He was 19, she was 24. Frederick was an enslaved...
by Don Barker | Nov 11, 2016 | Black History, Civil War
Grave marker at Union Church Union Church is located a few miles northwest of Greensboro, MD. A grave marker still stands a few yards from the church door. The name on the stone is faded but still legible: CORPL Wm. H. Carney Co I 38 U.S. C.I. No...
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 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 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...
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...
