Understanding History: Court Cases

Maryland, transportation, and segregation

A cast of characters

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Mary J. C. Anderson and Ellen Garrison Jackson

1866

Aaron Bradley

1866

Annie A. Jakes

1866

Alexander Thompson

1870

John W. Fields

1871

Josephine Carr

1872

Harriet E. Cully

1876

Stewart, Johnson, and Jones families

1884-1885

Rev. Robert McGuinn

1887