Anna Ella Carroll is the only woman to privately advise Lincoln on Civil War tactics. Her strategy leads to the capture of forts in the Western Campaign, the first major Union victory in Civil War in 1862.
Anna Ella Carroll advises Lincoln on Civil War strategy Read More »
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, born in Baltimore, abolitionist, suffragist and writer, in 1859 publishes the first short story, then a novel by a Black woman.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper publishes first short story by a black woman. Read More »
Quaker abolitionist Martha Ellicott Tyson knew Benjamin Banneker when she was a child. She publishes the biography in 1854.
Abolitionist Martha Ellicott Tyson publishes first biography of Benjamin Banneker Read More »
Josiah Henson, born in Port Tobacco, escapes slavery, leads a community and learns to read and write. He becomes the model for the title character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a nationally popular anti-slavery story published in 1852.
The original slave cabin can be seen in Henson Park.
“Uncle Tom” is based on a Marylander Read More »
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery with two brothers in 1849. Subsequently she leads 13 more escape missions, rescuing 70 individuals and she participates in Civil War military engagements in South Carolina.
Harriet Tubman, A Moses to her People Read More »
Patty Cannon, female head of a notorious gang of slave catchers, is arrested in 1829 and indicted for the murder of four Black men. She dies in jail awaiting trial.
Patty Cannon, notorious slave catcher Read More »
David Acheson Woodward invents an enlarging camera in 1857 that focuses sunlight through a lens onto sensitized photographic paper. Woodward is principal of what becomes Maryland Institute College of Art. MICA produces two prominent Maryland artists, Joyce J. Scott and Amy Sherald.
Mary Pickersgill with others creates a 30′ x 42′ flag in 1813 and delivers it to the Ft. McHenry garrison. It becomes THE Banner.
Mary Pickersgill sews the flag that becomes the Star Spangled Banner Read More »
Elizabeth Patterson marries Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon’s youngest brother in 1803. She becomes first self-made female millionaire in US.
Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore marries Napoleon Bonaparte’s youngest brother Read More »
Baltimore printer Mary Katherine Goddard is first to publish the entire Declaration in 1777 with names of all signers. She adds her own name at the bottom.
Printer Mary Katherine Goddard is first to print Declaration with all the signers names Read More »
We acknowledge the enduring presence of many American Indian tribes who once lived in Maryland and who now, having lost their lands, live in a diaspora. Read more.
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