On July 6, 1982, a middle-aged white woman returning home in Towson, Maryland was met with a brutal attack by a young African American man who snuck into her apartment. He raped her, then ran out of the apartment before the police were arrived. His…

Biographical information about William Andrews is limited. However, it is known that he was an African American laborer who was reportedly seventeen years old when he pleaded guilty to the charge of assault of Mrs. Benjamin T. Kelly. The assault had…

An African American man by the name of George Peck lived in an area called Poolesville located in Montgomery County, Maryland. Peck was documented in the 1867 census being enslaved by William Poole. There are unknown whereabouts of his family being…

The Mace Family cemetery is a small family cemetery and historic site located on the Essex campus of the Community College of Baltimore County. Seated on the hillside of the outer perimeter of the campus is the the burial site of the Mace family,…

First named Bare Hills in the mid 1700’s because of the serpentine rock found on the land, this plot that runs along Falls Road remains unique. Bare Hills, also known as Scott Settlement, is one of Baltimore County’s oldest African American…

Hampton Mansion at the Hampton National Historic Site is a Georgian-style estate built by Charles Ridgely between 1783 and 1790. The historic plantation is located on 63 acres in Towson, Maryland, just north of Baltimore. The estate was built with…

Before the first Europeans arrived on Maryland’s shores, the land was inhabited by dozens of thriving indigenous tribes as Maryland was an important crossroads along the Atlantic coast. The tenacity of Maryland's indigenous people is profound as…

The Mount Auburn Cemetery is one of Baltimore's largest African American cemeteries. It is also the final resting place for former slaves, clergymen, teachers, doctors, military veterans, and civil rights leaders, as well as countless African…

A potter’s field is a place for the burial of unknown, unclaimed, or indigent people. The term traces back to biblical times, as it is believed that the first potter’s field was purchased by the high priests of Jerusalem with the coins that Judas…

According to a segment from WBAL-TV and historian Louis Diggs, The Catonsville Colored School was established in 1868 at the intersection of Edmondson Avenue and Winters Lane as an elementary school for black children. Winters Lane was the center of…