Free Black men and women founded Eastern Shore village
San Domingo, established in the early 1800s, is believed to be the oldest settlement of free Black men and women in Maryland.
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San Domingo, established in the early 1800s, is believed to be the oldest settlement of free Black men and women in Maryland.
The free Black men and women who founded an Eastern Shore village strove to avoid attention. Now, their descendants want to share San Domingo’s stories. Baltimore Sun 1 hr ago Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun © Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun A map of San Domingo in the rehabbed Rosenwald School building shows the network of roads and properties in the community, which occupies about 7 square miles in rural Wicomico County. It’s a sunny late afternoon on Gran’Sarah’s Hill, Newell Quinton’s 40-acre spread in a wooded corner of northwestern Wicomico County, and the la...
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