Historical Markers in Hollywood, Maryland

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Historical Markers in Hollywood, Maryland

1 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Hollywood — Port of Entry —

During colonial days, English government has hopes of exporting furs, foodstuffs, timber, flax and other products from Maryland's ports to the home county. In reality, tobacco was the only notable item produced and exported to England in large . . . — — Map (db m62630) HM

2 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Hollywood — Remembering Ancestors at the Sotterley Plantation — The Price of Prosperity — The Middle Passage to Patuxent —

The Price of Prosperity By the latter part of the 17th century, the development of the plantation economy of Maryland was well established. The shift of political power from English nobles to wealthy planters and fewer indentured servants . . . — — Map (db m146563) HM

3 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Hollywood — Rosedale —

Part of Resurrection Manor An original grant in 1650 of 4000 acres to Thomas Cornwaleys, Esq. with Court Leet and Court Baron "and all things belonging therunto by law and custom of England" Dedicated May 1972 by the National Society of . . . — — Map (db m62460) HM

4 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Hollywood — Sotterley's Remaining Slave Cabin —

In the 18th century, enslaved African Americans were housed in outlying barns and buildings of the plantation, as well as in the passageways of the manor house. By the 19th century, approximately ten slave cabins were constructed between the ravine . . . — — Map (db m62593) HM

5 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Hollywood — Tobacco's Impact —

Tobacco farming dramatically changed Southern Maryland's natural environment by depleting the rich soils of nutrients. In the 18th and 19th centuries, farmers rotated fields, introduced fertilizers and guano (bat dung), and employed deeper plowing . . . — — Map (db m62613) HM

6 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Hollywood — War Hits Home — Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail —

Sotterley and other nearby plantations paid a heavy price in the War of 1812. British blockades impeded trade of their principal cash crop -- tobacco -- and enemy raids plundered the region. In June 1814 British forces landed near Sotterley, . . . — — Map (db m62610) HM

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