petitioned the Governor for her pardon in May 1856. This case illustrates the complicated nature of relations among slave holders, their servants in bondage and free African Americans. The site is a private residence near Queenstown and is not open to the public. storiesofthechesapeake.org Sudlersville Dudley’s Chapel Marker 1110 Benton Corner Rd, 21668 410-928-3406 Among the oldest Methodist churches in the country. Preaching station for bishops Cooke and Ashbury. historicqac.org/historic-site/dudleys-chapel Worton African American Schoolhouse Museum 11730 St. James-Newtown Rd, 21678 • 410-778-0416 One-room schoolhouse built in 1890. Showplace of 19th-and early-20th-century photographs, oral histories and artifacts from Kent County’s African-American community. kentcounty.com/attractions/ museums/#aaschoolhouse Charles Sumner GAR Hall 206 S Queen St, 21620 443-282-0023 Built in 1908, one of only two African-American Civil War veterans’ halls standing in the United States. A Civil War Trails exhibit interprets the hall. kentcounty.com/attractions/ museums/sumner-hall Salisbury Chipman Cultural Center 327 Broad St, 21801 410-860-9290 Located in the oldest standing African-American church on the Delmarva, circa 1838, the center features displays and events highlighting the area’s rich African-American heritage. chipmancenter.org Taylors Island New Revived Church 4350 Smithville Rd, 21669 The New Revived United Methodist Church, once known as Jefferson Methodist Episcopal Church, was established in Smithville in 1876. Before the Civil War, Methodist Camp Meetings were popular in the area. harriettubmanbyway. org/new-revived-united-methodist-church Snow Hill Mount Zion One-Room School Museum 3816 Old Furnace Rd, 21863 410-632-2032 Authentic one-room school, built in 1869, and used as a school until 1931. furnacetown.org Unionville Unionville Unionville & Tunis Mills Rds, 21601 • 410-770-8000 Town named in honor of 17 African-American Civil War soldiers who returned home to purchase land. tourtalbot.org St. Michaels Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum 213 North Talbot St, 21663 410-745-2916 Extensive maritime exhibits, plus a white clapboard house once owned by Peter Mitchell, a free black man who married the sister of Frederick Douglass. One son worked as a bay waterman in the 1800s. cbmm.org UNIONVILLE MARKER • Unionville Maryland’s Underground Railroad & African-American Heritage Travel Guide 37
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