Really appreciate this information. I can't help but notice that the women from the past look like my Great Grandmother's. Now, they also "mysteriously" received land that my family lives on till this day. They were all originally listed as "Mulatto" in the Census prior to the 1930's then it switches to "Negro". I can't help but wonder if their mother's were of Native American decent rather than African. Those women along with my GRANDMOTHER'S look NATIVE AMERICAN NOT AFRICAN. I heard rumors of them being "Indian", but all this was dismissed with the popularity of the movie "Roots"...😮
I was born in Baltimore and lived in Maryland for the first few years of my life. When I was in grade school there, I was taught Maryland had been a slave state during the time of the Civil War. However, a female cousin of mine (who is about six years older than I) was taught Maryland was half slave and half free. Please explain to me how and why this discrepancy in the teaching of Maryland history happened. To better understand my question, I was born in 1962 and am now 61 years old.
This is so interesting. We really need to get funds together to preserve Ma Bacon’s house! It is beautiful I’ve often driven by and wondered abt its history, not knowing how rich it really was.
