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A Place of Hope Called Sugarland: New Insights from the Dorsey SIte, an early African American farm, in Sugarland, Maryland (2024)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tara Tetrault. Suzanne Johnson.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Pre-Recorded Video Presentation Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Sugarland Community near Poolesville, MD was founded in 1871. At its peak, Sugarland was the largest early African American community in Montgomery County Maryland.Sugarland had a church, community hall, governing group of elders, grocer, a local band, and a school.The Dorsey farm is a...