Friday, May 3, 2024

Digging for proof that area was the first free black community

Alex AgarunovBy Brian Witte Associated Press

Archaeology students have been sifting through a little patch of ground on Maryland’s Eastern Shore this summer, seeking evidence that it was home to the nation’s first free African-American community.

Historians say hundreds of free blacks once lived in the area, while plantations flourished with hundreds of black slaves not far away.

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