African American Experience in Annapolis Tour
Thru February:Follow Annapolis native William Ridgley to learn what life was like for all classes of African Americans in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County and Maryland from the colony’s founding in 1632 until the present day. On this Colonial Annnaolis walking tour, you’ll learn that tradesmen, scientists, mathematicians, along with indentured servants and slaves, were among the African Americans who arrived in the Maryland Colony in the 1600s. Exterior stops along the two-hour tour include Banneker-Douglass Museum, Maynard Burgess House, William Butler House, Historic Annapolis Museum, Kunta Kinte Memorial and story wall, sites along Fleet and East Streets, Chase-Lloyd House, Hammond-Harwood House and the Thurgood Marshall Memorial. 10am & 1:30pm, 26 West Street Visitors Center, Annapolis, $17 w/discounts, rsvp: www.colonialtoursannapolis.com.