"Many Rivers Crossed"
Sponsored by the Carroll County Human Relations Commission
In Partnership with
the Carroll County Public Library and
The Enoch Pratt Library
Carroll Citizens for Racial Equality
Carroll County NAACP
Carroll County Public Schools

With Special Guest appearance by Dr. Jesse Glass

A presentation by Enoch Pratt Library regarding:

• Collecting and Organizing Family papers
• Examples of Documents
• Slaves Census
• Immigration Records
• Vital Records
• Preserving Family records
• What to think about when collecting documents
• The role of informal oral history
• Where the library can help

March 12, 2007
7-9 pm
At the Board of Education Office Building
Board Room
125 North Court Street
Westminster

Ahadada celebrates Black History Month

February marks the beginning of Black History Month—an annual celebration that has existed since 1926.

Ahadada Books invites you to download The Witness: Slavery in 19th Century Carroll County, Maryland compiled and edited by Jesse Glass. This book is a guide to the subject of slavery in Carroll County, Maryland as reflected in the antebellum newspapers published in Westminster, the county seat. The first section presents a miscellany of full newspaper accounts regarding the "Peculiar Institution." The second part consists of the trial records of Rebecca McCormick, the first person to be executed in Carroll County. These records were pieced together by the author from both the American Sentinel and the Carroll County Democrat. The third, and most extensive, section offers a series of abstracts of international, national, and local articles on slavery culled from 19th century Carroll County newspapers. Some cases of domestic violence are also documented in this book. Meant to be a platform for future research, The Witness not only is a key to the newspaper holdings at the Historical Society of Carroll County, and to a lesser extent the Maryland State Archives, but is an interesting read in and of itself. The appended list of names will make this book an invaluable tool for historians and genealogists alike.

 The Witness by Jesse Glass (328.38 KB)

Warning! Disturbing content!

The documents in this book reflect the prejudices of 19th century America and should be read with that context in mind. Neither the Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland nor the compiler/editor advocate the views expressed in this material.