Howard County Jail - Ellicott City, MD
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N 39° 16.153 W 076° 47.861
18S E 344922 N 4348193
One of many historical markers in Ellicott City, Maryland.
Waymark Code: WM14M6J
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2021
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The plaque says, "The Howard County Jail, located at 1 Emory Street, in the Historic District of Ellicott City, Maryland, was the location where freedom seekers and those charged with encouraging enslaved persons to run away or rise up against their masters or similar charges during the age of enslavement were held from January 1852 through the end of slavery in Maryland on November 1, 1864. The Maryland General Assembly passed an act authorizing the Board of Commissioners in Howard District to levy taxes to create the jail. The jail was accepted for use on December 16, 1851. Among the prisoners held were runaways like Augusta Spriggs and Richard Martin, held as fugitive without a pass."
Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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