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University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD
Founded in 1886 on Maryland's Eastern Shore, UMES is a 1890 land-grant institution providing agricultural, scientific, and professional education to Black Marylanders in a region historically marked by tobacco agriculture and the tradition that produced Frederick Douglass.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that Black communities lacked investment in learning. HBCUs and freedom schools existed before many white institutions.
Before & After This Era
← Before · Reconstruction
→ After · Great Migration
Sites in Conversation
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"