An outdoor interpretive exhibit describes the judicial proceedings for cases of those charged with encouraging enslaved people to run away. The most famous case involved known Underground Railroad agent William Chaplin.
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Camden Street Station served as the B & O Railroad's main passenger terminal beginning in 1853. Freedom seekers passed through this station on their way to Philadelphia. President Lincoln traveled through here on his way to deliver the Gettysburg Address.
The Baltimore Visitor Center provides one-on-one personalized visitor information services, reservations and ticketing services. Travel counselors help with trip planning. Information is available about local attractions, lodging, restaurants and wayfinding.
Fells Point was a waterfront shipbuilding and commercial business district, made famous by the Baltimore Clippers, first designed and launched from these slipways. Frederick Douglass worked as a caulker in the shipyards and planned his successful escape from slavery here in 1838.
Get local insights from friendly visitor service specialists, pick up the Howard County Visitor Guide, regional maps and travel brochures, and check out displays about local history, culture and recreation, including the Historic National Road.
The 1855 stone structure served as the County jail and warden’s residence. Captured fugitive slaves and free blacks jailed on suspicion of assisting others flee were imprisoned here.
A friendly little dock bar with island decor, Key West ambiance, the best sunsets around and surrounded by the water of the Kent Narrows. On the Maryland Crab & Oyster trail.
JAC unites teaching artists, arts advocates, artists who are or have been incarcerated and their allies, harnessing the transformative power of the arts to reimagine justice.
Great amenities right near your dockage.
Public riding academy located Rock Creek area of Montgomery County. Offers riding lessons to children through adults.