Land Records Show That Two, 2-Acre Plots of Land Were Sold to Formerly Enslaved Buyers, John Burley and Nelson Wood

Newly Freed African Americans Purchase Plots of Land in Maryland’s River Road Community Near Washington D.C.

President Abraham Lincoln Signs the Emancipation Proclamation

The U.S. Bans the Importation of African Slaves

Unearthed Bones Reveal a Graveyard for Maryland’s Enslaved, A Funeral Pyre for Democrats Nationwide