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Walsh, Lorena S. "Land, Landlord, and Leaseholder: Estate Management and Tenant Fortunes in Southern Maryland, 1642-1820." Agricultural History 59 (July 1985): 373-396.
Annotation / Notes: Based on the astonishing records of a Jesuit-owned estate in Charles County that lasted for 175 years, Walsh examined 233 tenants, and the effect of their short term vs. long term leases on resource waste or conservation. The story explains how owners used leasing as a means for plantation development and as an alternative to slave labor.
Adams, Marseta. "H. Rap Brown: 'Fight for your Rights.'" Calvert Historian 11 (Fall 1996): 53-67.
Brooks, Shay. "My Mother's Great Grandfather, Joseph J. Jones, Sr." Calvert Historian 8 (Fall 1993): 24-31.
Dessaint, A. Y. "Black Culture in Early 20th-Century Calvert County." Calvert County Historical Society News and Notes 2 (October 1983): 10-19.
Dessaint, A. Y. "George R. Roberts: An Independent American Citizen." Calvert Historian 13 (Spring 1998): 33-44.
McDaniel, George William. Preserving the People's History: Traditional Black Material Culture in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Southern Maryland. Ph.D. diss., Duke University, 1979.
Dessaint, A. Y. Southern Maryland Yesterday and Today: Crab Pots and Sotweed Fields. Prince Frederick, MD: Calvert County Historical Society, 1984.
Annotation / Notes: Historic photographs and excerpts from 60 of the "best" works on Southern Maryland. Arranged predominately by theme, the chapters include working the land, working the water, life in the home, and life in the community. A ten page introduction gives a brief chronological history of the area.
Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis Company, 1923.
Annotation / Notes: Divided into three regions -- southeastern Maryland, Upper Bay, and the Eastern Shore, this work includes a history for each, written by five noted authors, followed by a description of the counties in each, along with places of interest and the people of these places. The histories of the areas places special emphasis on major houses and genealogy of the owners. It is nicely illustrated with contemporary photographs, which nearly 80 years later serve as historic images. There are four pages of interesting photos of African Americans.
Categories:
African American,
Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning,
County and Local History,
Education,
Family History and Genealogy,
Anne Arundel County,
Baltimore City,
Caroline County,
Cecil County,
Charles County,
Calvert County,
Dorchester County,
Harford County,
Kent County,
Prince George's County,
Queen Anne's County,
St. Mary's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Southern Maryland,
Eastern Shore
Poe, William A. African Americans of Calvert County. Images of America series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
Categories:
African American,
Calvert County
Poe, William A. "Probably Slave Quarters Found in Calvert." ASM Ink, 38 (March 2012): 3.
Calvert Library. Inspiring African American Men of Calvert County. [Prince Frederick, MD?]: Friends of Calvert Library, 2018.
Calvert Library. Inspiring African American Women of Calvert County. [Prince Frederick, MD?]: Friends of Calvert Library, 2017.
Kent, Michael Gayhart. Mulatto: The Black History of Calvert County, Maryland. [N.p.?]: [Published by author?], 2019.
Categories:
African American,
Calvert County