Colonial Maryland (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brianna LeBlanc. Jessica Old.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Through the transfer of land by Charles I in the 17th century, the Calvert lineage set out to evoke a manorial system, exceeding that of the English practice. With intent to raise the social stature of Maryland, settlers were promised land grants based upon the amount of people brought to the New World in their charge. Through this grant, these landowners would subsequently create a...