Mathew Henson reaches North Pole
Born in Charles County to a sharecropping family, Mathew Henson meets Robert Peary, joining him for the first party to reach the North Pole in 1909.
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Mallows Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the first in an American River
Mallows Bay in Charles County became home to a wooden “ghost fleet” of 230 World War II ships in 2019. It is now a wildlife sanctuary.
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“Uncle Tom” is based on a Marylander
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.
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Georgetown College sells 272 enslaved individuals from Southern Maryland plantations
Georgetown College, originally located in MD, arranges sale of 272 enslaved people in 1838 from its Southern MD plantations to Louisiana buyer for $115,000. It is among the largest and best documented slave sales in US history.
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John Hanson, native of Maryland, is the First President of the Confederation Congress.
John Hanson, Maryland native, is the First President of the United States in Confederation Congress Assembled in 1781 after Maryland ratifies the Articles of Confederation, the first US Constitution.
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Smallwood’s Battalion saves Washington’s Army. It later becomes the Maryland Line.
Smallwood’s Maryland Battalion, Washington’s most important troops (the Maryland Line), saves his army at the Battle of Brooklyn in August, 1776. The Army is integrated.
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