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1856 Project to Host Inaugural Research Update

black and white photo of a cabin formerly located on campus properly that probably served as a dwelling for enslaved laborers
A 1919 image by J. Henry Shannon shows a cabin on land belonging to the Eversfield family, a structure that likely was demolished when the UMD campus expanded in the 1920s. (Photo courtesy of Washington History Center. Rambler Photo Collection, Dr. Octavius Eversfield Office, RA 649-2)

By Maryland Today Staff, Maryland Today

A new report from The 1856 Project at the University of Maryland explores the story of an enslaved family that could have lived where the Xfinity Center stands today, as well as the Rossborough Inn’s potential ties to the Underground Railroad...Read More