The Enslaved Landscape:

Research Questions at St. Mary’s Manor

Terry Peterkin BrockGraduate StudentMichigan State University

Dr. John Mackall Brome

manipulating the landscape

stepgreat

grand

father

manipulating the landscape

HSMC

Maryland Historical Trust

St. Mary’s County Historical Society

research questions

St. Mary’s City, 1992 Historic St. Mary’s City

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1774

John Mackall, Sr.

ca. 1813 Miller et al 2006:6-52

Mackall Sr. House

Slave Quarters

Agricultural Complex

Trinity Church

change and reorganization

John Mackall, Jr.

ca. 1813 Miller et al 2006:6-52

Mackall Sr. House

Slave Quarters

Mackall Jr. House

Agricultural Complex

Trinity Church

James Mackall Brome

ca. 1820 Miller et al 2006:6-52

St. Barbara’s

Slave Quarters

Slave Quarters

Agricultural Complex

Trinity ChurchBrome House

Mackall Jr. House

Forman 1968:22St .Barbara’s ca.

1920

Kearney Map, 1824 Historic St. Mary’s City

John Cartwright Ashcom

ca. 1780 - ca. 1839 Miller et al 2006:6-52

St. Barbara’s

Slave Quarters

Slave Quarters

Agricultural Complex

Trinity Church

Mackall Sr. and Brome Home

Mackall Jr. Home

Kearney Map, 1924 and Arial Photo, 1992Historic St. Mary’s City

ca. 1780 - ca. 1840 Miller et al 2006:6-52

Brome House

St. Barbara’s

Slave Quarters

Slave Quarters

Mackall Jr. House

Agricultural Complex

Trinity Church

Historic St. Mary’s City

Dr. John Mackall Brome

ca. 1860 Miller et al 2006:6-60

St. Barbara’s

Slave Quarters

Agricultural Complex

St. Mary’s Manor

Trinity ChurchFemale

Seminary

Brome’s Wharf

power and control

St. Mary’s Manor, Brome Howard InnHistoric St. Mary’s City

St. Mary’s Manor Historic St. Mary’s City

Historic St. Mary’s CityBromes’ Wharf

ca. 1860 Miller et al 2006:6-60

St. Barbara’s

Slave Quarters

Agricultural Complex

St. Mary’s Manor

Trinity ChurchFemale

Seminary

Brome’s Wharf

18641860 57561850

41 791870

Gough BiscoeWhalen

Butler

duplexes

Historic St. Mary’s CityDuplex Quarter

Bushwood Manor, Hogdon, and

Rosecroft duplexes

Maryland Historical Trust

post civil war

new south

railroad

1870

1880

800 275$3,400

$1,500

ca. 1870 to ca. 1900 Miller et al. 2006:6-60, 62

duplex and single quarter, late

19th c.Earle 1923

duplex and single quarter, late

19th c.Historic St. Mary’s City

single quarter ca. 1910

duplex and single quarter ca. 1910

Historic St. Mary’s City

Duplex Renovations, 1980s

Historic St. Mary’s City

Duplex and St. Mary’s Manor, 1993

Historic St. Mary’s City

research questions

regional comparisons

economic and social shifting

effects on enslaved community

status w/in enslaved community

civil war

HSMC

IMPART Fellowship

Michigan State University

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