Denton in Caroline County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House
Living Their Beliefs
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Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 19, 2018
1. Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House Marker
The Quakers, also known as Friends, who met in this Meeting House not only held strong opinions on the abolition of slavery and womens rights, but they also acted on those beliefs.
After 1790, the Friends who gathered here refused membership to slaveholders. They also played critical roles in the Underground Railroad, relying on family, friends, and business contacts in the North to move fugitives from one safe house to another along the many paths to freedom.
For many 19th century activists, abolition and womens rights became two sides of the same coin of liberty and equality. Female members like Hannah Leverton, who operated a safe house south of here, fully participated in the life of the meeting and freely expressed their views no matter how controversial they seemed to others.
LEFT: Based on a ceramic cameo of a kneeling male slave made by famous potter Josiah Wedgwood, abolitionist Elizabeth Margaret Chandler is credited with the version on this coin that shows an enslaved woman.
Erected by America's Byways; Maryland Heritage Area Authority. (Marker Number 34.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans
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Location. 38° 53.502′ N, 75° 50.592′ W. Marker is in Denton, Maryland, in Caroline County. It is on Meeting House Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Denton MD 21629, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Neck Meeting House (here, next to this marker); Neck Meeting House Native Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Maryland Steamboat Company's Joppa Wharf at Denton (approx. 0.3 miles away); Steamboats on the Choptank River (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hubs of Activity (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Denton Arrests (approx. 0.4 miles away); Moses and the Hounds (approx. 0.4 miles away); Caroline County Visitor Center (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Denton.
Other markers no longer nearby. Choptank River Heritage Center (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been permanently removed); Nest of Traitors (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
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Photographed by Don Morfe, October 29, 2014
3. Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, October 29, 2014
4. Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House
Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,041 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 30, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 2. submitted on September 5, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3, 4. submitted on December 3, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
