Dear Team,
For our final week of Black History Month, our focus is on Caroline County and Queen Anne’s County. Using the resources below, discover Anna Murray (shown at right), from Tuckahoe Neck, a free black woman who helped Frederick Douglass escape and later became his wife. Or learn about the Kennard African American Cultural Center, which chronicles African American life in Queen Anne’s County and the nation.
See the resources below to learn more about our region’s remarkable history!
Kennard African American Cultural Center is home to the African American History Museum, which chronicles African American life in both Queen Anne’s County and the nation, with an emphasis on the period in time that Kennard High School (KHS) operated, 1936-1966. kennardheritage.com/
In 1872, six years after the close of the Civil War and eight years after the abolishment of slavery in the State of Maryland, a community of African Americans in Queen Anne’s County made a remarkable transaction that led to the founding of one of the county’s oldest African Methodist Episcopal churches, shown at right. carolinehistory.org/category/black-history-culture/
Best,
Ken