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Pages in category "Economy of Maryland" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Slavery in Maryland lasted over 200 years, from its beginnings in 1642 when the first Africans were brought as slaves to St. Mary's City, to its end after the Civil War. While Maryland developed similarly to neighboring Virginia, slavery declined in Maryland as an institution earlier, and it had the largest free black population by 1860 of any ...
The wooden ship design is based on the original Dove, a cargo vessel that arrived along with the passenger ship Ark in 1634. Maryland Dove will be open to the public for free deck tours at both ...
Gun laws in Maryland regulate the sale, ... Manufacturers must ship handguns with a shell casing of a projectile discharged from the handgun in a sealed container.
On July 21, 1781, as the final British ship left Savannah, more than 5,000 enslaved African Americans were transported with their Loyalist masters for Jamaica or St. Augustine. About 300 Black people in Savannah did not evacuate, fearing that they would be re-enslaved. They established a colony in the swamps of the Savannah River. By 1786, many ...
Days after the bridge collapse, the ship’s Singapore-based owner and manager petitioned a Maryland court to limit their monetary liability to $43.67 million, the value of the ship and its cargo ...
The second USS Maryland (ACR-8/CA-8), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 8", and later renamed Frederick, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 7 October 1901 by the Newport News Drydock & ShipbuildingCo. , Newport News, Virginia , launched on 12 September 1903, sponsored by Miss Jennie Scott ...
The collapse, which blocked the Patapsco shipping channel, immediately halted almost all passenger and cargo shipping to the Port of Baltimore. Maryland Governor Wes Moore declared a state of emergency. [39] Economic losses were initially estimated at $15 million per day.