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...
by Kennedy Thomason | Jun 26, 2024 | Agriculture, Colonial Era, Historic Landscape, Kennedy Thomason Project, Quakers, Religion, Revolutionary War, The River is the Center by Kennedy Thomason
The Choptank River, winding through the heart of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, has long been a lifeline for the various communities situated along its banks. Among these communities is Caroline County, a small, agricultural region that would prove to be pivotal in...
by Don Barker | Jun 30, 2021 | Cemeteries, Heritage Preservation, Quakers, Religion
Join us to preserve this sacred house of worship, built in 1802. Donate online to save the Meetinghouse. It takes just a minute. Donate Now [A collaboration with the Caroline County Historical Society and the Caroline Digital History Project.] Rare Interior...
by Don Barker | Nov 24, 2020 | Cemeteries, Churches, Quakers
“It troubles me as it is so incorrect.” – Jo Ann Staples, Chairperson, Committee for the Preservation of the Tuckahoe Neck Quaker Meetinghouse Save the Meetinghouse [A collaboration with the Caroline County Historical Society and the Caroline...
by Don Barker | Nov 8, 2020 | Churches, Quakers, Religion
Donate to save the Tuckahoe Neck Quaker Meetinghouse. It takes just a minute. Donate Now [Text adapted from Jo Ann Staples, Committee for the Preservation of the Tuckahoe Neck Quaker Meetinghouse. Used with permission. In collaboration with the...
by Don Barker | Dec 18, 2019 | Black History & Culture, dbarker, Quakers
Daniel Hubbard, a free black, and his neighbor Arthur Leverton, a white Quaker, worked side by side to move freedom seekers through Caroline County to safety. [Jacob and Hannah Leverton House. Photo late 19th c.] [ A Caroline Digital History Project collaboration with...
