Acadians in Maryland
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During the French and Indian War, the British expelled some 11,500 Acadians from the Canadian Maritimes, dispersing them among the North American colonies and to France. Four ships carrying over 900 exiles arrived in Maryland in November 1755. Acadians were settled around the Chesapeake, in such places as Baltimore, Port Tobacco, Oxford, and Princess Anne.
Facing hardship and discrimination, most had left the lower Eastern Shore for Louisiana by 1770.
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More markers in Somerset
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne Academy was established on September 13, 1886, to provide higher education for African...
Crisfield *removed*
Crisfield, MD
Center of the Chesapeake Bay seafood industry in the late 19th/early 20th century, known as the "Seafood Capital of the World.
Oaksville Ball Park
Oaksville, MD
Established 1949. One of the few surviving African American sandlot baseball fields.
Princess Anne Town
Princess Anne, MD
Founded 1733. By an act of Maryland's General Assembly, 25 acres of the Beckford Plantation were purchased to establish Princess Anne.
J. Millard Tawes
Crisfield, MD
J. Millard Tawes 1894-1979 Born in Crisfield.