Keller, Shana
Summary: "Frederick Douglass knew that learning to read and write would be the first step in his quest for freedom. Told from first-person perspective and using some of Douglass's own words, this biography draws from his experiences as a young boy and his attempts to learn how to read and write."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOUSmith, Nikki Shannon
Summary: In 1854 in Eastern Maryland twelve-year-old Ann is a slave, grateful that her family is still all together; but when their master, in need of money, decides to sell Ann and her younger brother, their parents decide to take the dangerous step of running away north to freedom--a journey filled with danger, especially since they are not sure how to find the first station on the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SMISummary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 EAR3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 1
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Weatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEADoeden, Matt
Summary: "This book explores various perspectives surrounding the Battle of Antietam in the Civil War. Readers are immersed in the action as their choices guide the narrative."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC DOESummary: Even today, almost 150 years after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, unexpected secrets and little-known stories continue to emerge from Civil War history. In the cavalry charge at Mine Creek in Kansas, it took only 30 minutes for 2,800 Union troops to defeat an enemy force more than double in size, and yet, few people have heard of it. The same can be said of a Confederate raid on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Even today, almost 150 years after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, unexpected secrets and little-known stories continue to emerge from Civil War history. In the cavalry charge at Mine Creek in Kansas, it took only 30 minutes for 2,800 Union troops to defeat an enemy force more than double in size, and yet, few people have heard of it. The same can be said of a Confederate raid on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SECDoak, Robin S. (Robin Santos)
Summary: "This book explores the people, places, and history of the Maryland Colony"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.2 DOABrumbaugh, Gaius Marcus
Summary: This work contains previously unpublished Revolutionary War records and consists chiefly of the names of those who subscribed to the Oath of Fidelity and Support from the early counties of Calvert, Frederick, Montgomery, and Washington. In addition, there is an extensive list of loyal civil servants of Prince George's County-constables, surveyors, justices, grand jurors, etc. The data,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1978
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3752 BRUPeden, Henry C.
Summary: This book is the winner of the 1993 Norris Harris Award. It was compiled for the purpose of serving as a "one volume research tool" for identifying the patriots, soldiers, seamen, and civil officers from Anne Arundel County, Maryland, who served in the Am
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Publisher / Publication Date: Willow Bend Books 2000
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3752 PEDDempsey, Jack
Summary: America's single bloodiest day was at the Battle of Antietam, and Michigan played a prominent role. Discover the state's connections to the Lost Order, one of the Civil War's greatest mysteries. Explore George A. Custer's role as a staff officer in combat. Mourn the extraordinary losses Michiganders suffered, including one regiment losing nearly half its strength at the epicenter of the battle....
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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 DEMPeden, Henry C.
Summary: This new edition is a comprehensive research guide to all of Maryland’s family history resources, including libraries, archives, historical and genealogical societies. An updated bibliography includes hundreds of the most valuable genealogical book titles as well as available e-mail addresses, web sites, and fax numbers for all the state’s research centers and societies. The Guide is organized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maryland Historical Society 2001
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3752 PEDTydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies)
Summary: "Gun control, voting rights, family planning, and environmental protection--these are all hot-button issues today, but they were also the same difficult and intractable issues that Senator Joseph D. Tydings of Maryland faced during his tenure in the Senate in the 1960s. In this timely memoir, Tydings looks back on a life of public service, from the Maryland General Assembly to chief federal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Texas A & M University Press 2018