Plantations, Slavery and Freedom on Maryland's Eastern Shore

by Jacqueline Simmons Hedberg

Book Overview

The riveting, heart wrenching story of slave traders and abolitionists, kidnappers and freedmen, cruelty and courage on Maryland's eastern shore.

African Americans, both enslaved and free, were vital to the economy of the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War. Maryland became a slave society in colonial days when tobacco ruled. Some enslaved people, like Anthony Johnson, earned their freedom and became successful farmers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146714102X
• ISBN13: 9781467141024
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.9"