Baltimore’s African American Heritage

“Baltimore Neighborhoods Map” from Wikimedia Commons

“New and Enlarged Map of Baltimore City: Including Waverly, Hampden, All the Parks, and a Miniature Map of the State” [This is a very large file — Leslie]

Descendants of free and enslaved African Americans lived in the maritime neighborhoods that have since become tourist destinations. Genealogists, local historians, and scholars are preserving community history.

• Enoch Pratt Free Library, Maryland Department 

• Reginald F. Lewis Maryland Museum of African American History & Culture

• Maryland Historical Society

• Historical and Architectural Preservation: Upper Fell’s Point

• BAAHGS-Baltimore Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society