Highland Beach Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center “Twin Oaks” 3200 Wayman Ave, 21403 410-268-2956 This summer cottage built for Frederick Douglass in 1895 serves as a memorial to him that preserves and displays exhibits related to his family and the history of the community. fdmcc.org Highland Beach Community 3200 Wayman Ave, 21403 443-837-5184 Originally planned as an exclusive vacation destination for African-American families in 1893, it later became the first incorporated African-American township in Maryland in 1922. highlandbeachmd.org on America’s first African-American man of science. baltimorecountymd.gov/ departments/recreation/ parks-directory/ benjamin-banneker-historical-park-and-museum Mount Gilboa AME Church 2312 Westchester Ave, 21228 410-461-6599 Located near his homestead, scientist Benjamin Banneker was thought to have worshipped at this site before the current chapel was completed in 1860. It is also the site of the Benjamin Banneker Obelisk and the oldest African-American church in Baltimore County. mtgilboa.org/index.html Towson Hampton National Historic Site 535 Hampton Ln, 21286 410-823-1309; 410-962-4290 Hampton was the heart of a 25,000-acre commercial, industrial and agricultural estate supported by indentured and enslaved labor. Family records reveal attempts by enslaved people to flee from Hampton. African-American life, labor and resistance is interpreted through the site’s slave quarters, post-Civil War tenant farmers’ quarters, landscapes and other cultural resources. nps.gov/hamp/index.htm Perry Point Perryville Railroad Ferry and Station Site Perry Point VA Medical Center, 21902 410-949-1003 The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Steam Ferry Landing site at the mouth of the Susquehanna River was used for numerous famous and lesser known Underground Railroad escapes, as well as a kidnapping and rescue of a free Pennsylvanian. Frederick Douglass escaped on this railroad in 1838. Verona Gorsuch Tavern 15910 York Rd, 21152 410-887-3495 In 1851, Gorsuch relatives gathered to attempt to capture enslaved African Americans that had fled to Pennsylvania from Edward Gorsuch’s Retreat Farm. The site commemorates a significant escape from enslavement and the master’s effort to recapture his bondsmen by force. With the aid of the U.S. Deputy Marshall, the Gorsuch party tracked them down to Christiana, Pennsylvania. There they encountered armed resistance, led by Roedown’s William Parker, to take the freedom seekers back to Maryland. In the ensuing fracas in a farmhouse hideaway, Edward Gorsuch was killed and his son was wounded. Not open to the public. hmdb.org/marker. asp?marker=2057 Havre de Grace Rock Run Grist Mill 761 Stafford Rd, 21078 410-557-7994 Stone mill with 12-ton water wheel. Oral history says it was used by those escaping from slavery via the Underground Railroad as a place to pick up provisions before continuing their journey. dnr.maryland.gov/ publiclands/Pages/central/ susquehanna.aspx Sykesville Sykesville Colored Schoolhouse 524 Schoolhouse Rd, 21784 410-795-8959 One-room schoolhouse restored to its 1904 appearance serves as a repository for artifacts related to the African-American experience in Carroll County. townofsykesville.org/2153/ Historic-Colored-Schoolhouse Oella Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum 300 Oella Ave, 21228 410-887-1081 This 142-acre institution of cultural and natural history was the farmstead of the Banneker family. It centers 26 Maryland’s Underground Railroad & African-American Heritage Travel Guide
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