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About this Book:

Everyone Counts. A history of African American enslavement in Allegany County, Maryland takes a deep dive into Allegany County’s antebellum newspapers, land records and personal contemporaneous correspondence to explore the slavery we didn’t learn about in high school: slavery on the National Road. Exposing the truth behind manumissions, the Maryland Colonization movement and Maryland’s “protective” slavery laws, the author lets forgotten figures speak their truth. Amongst those figures are Wesley, enslaved by the Gordons; Elizabeth, purchased by the McKaigs; the Carters, owned by the Tomlinsons; and Matilda Gant, gifted to Mary Hoye by her father, George Calmes.

About the Author:

An associate professor of English and Speech at Allegany College of Maryland, Lynn Bowman also serves her community as a member of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. This is Lynn Bowman’s fourth book on African American history in Allegany County.

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Write or email Lynn Bowman 123 Pine St. Rear Frostburg, MD 21532 lbowman@allegany.edu