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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
""A Second Reckoning" tells the heartbreaking story of the murder that led to the city of Annapolis's last hanging and a broader appeal for posthumous justice, especially in racially tainted cases"--
"A Second Reckoning tells the story of John Snowden, a Black man accused of the murder of a pregnant white woman in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917. He refused to confess despite undergoing torture, was tried-through legal shenanigans-by an all-white jury,...
Publisher
University of Maryland College Park
Language
English
Description
This Guide to the History of Slavery in Maryland provides a brief but comprehensive overview of the history of slavery in the state. built upon the most recent scholarship, this guide offers teachers and students a starting point with which to begin their own exploration of an institution that, in so many ways, has made their world.
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Publisher
Lexington Books
Language
English
Description
Life in a Black Community: Striving for Equal Citizenship in Annapolis, Maryland, 1902-1952 tells the story of a struggle over what it meant to be a citizen of a democracy. For blacks, membership in a democracy meant full and equal participation in the life of the town. For most whites, it meant the full participation of only its white citizens, based on the presumption that their black neighbors were less than equal citizens and had to be kept down....
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