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African American Watermen of the Chesapeake

Sep 24, 2016

From the 1870s through the 1970s, African American watermen like Ira Samuel Wright of Wetipquin, Maryland, made their living dredging oysters and fishing the Chesapeake Bay under harsh conditions, passing the trade from father to son.

FIND US

Mailing address:

1011 Bay Ridge Ave

Annapolis, MD 21403


 

Physical Address:

1212 West St.

Annapolis, MD 21401

CONTACT

Info@blacksofthechesapeake.com

 

TEL: (410)461-2623 (BOCF)

FAX: (833)321-2623 (BOCF)

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