Roger Hooper and the Sheriff: Hoopers Island's First One Hundred Years

Roger Hooper and the Sheriff: Hoopers Island's First One Hundred Years
Author: Jacqueline Simmons Hedberg
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-05-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1105655989
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History of the first 100 years of the settlement of Hoopers Island in Dorchester County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Based on an event from January 1753, reported in the records of the Maryland Assembly, in which the sheriff charges tobacco planter Roger Hooper with unpaid quit-rents and threatens to seize two of Hooper's slaves. On a small scale, ROGER HOOPER AND THE SHERIFF is the story of one colonial tidewater family who settled on an island on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay. On a larger canvas, through the story of this family, one can learn about the development of colonial Maryland--the difficulties the pioneers experienced, their relationship to the Indians, the importance of tobacco, the change to slave labor, the deterioriation of religious toleration, the role of women, and, finally, the economic changes that eventually isolated one side of the Bay from the other.

Jaws

Jaws
Author: Peter Benchley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781509860166
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A special edition of Jaws by Peter Benchley reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. It was just another day in the life of a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble - a warning of what was to come - took the form of a young woman's body, or what was left of it, washed up on the long, white stretch of beach . . . A summer of terror had begun. Peter Benchley's Jaws first appeared in 1974. It has sold over twenty million copies around the world, creating a legend that refuses to die - it's never safe to go back in the water . . .

The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake

The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake
Author: William B. Cronin
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2005-06-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801874352
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An appendix documents the many small islands that have dropped entirely from view since the seventeenth century.

Plantations, Slavery & Freedom on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Plantations, Slavery & Freedom on Maryland's Eastern Shore
Author: Jacqueline Simmons Hedberg
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2019
Genre: History
ISBN: 146714102X
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The riveting, heart wrenching story of slave traders and abolitionists, kidnappers and freedmen, cruelty and courage on Maryland's eastern shore. African Americans, both enslaved and free, were vital to the economy of the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War. Maryland became a slave society in colonial days when tobacco ruled. Some enslaved people, like Anthony Johnson, earned their freedom and became successful farmers. After the Revolutionary War, others were freed by masters disturbed by the contradiction between liberty and slavery. Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman ran from masters on the Eastern Shore and devoted their lives to helping other enslaved people with their words and deeds. Jacqueline Simmons Hedberg uses local records, including those of her ancestors, to tell a tale of slave traders and abolitionists, kidnappers and freedmen, cruelty and courage.

Hoopers Island's Changing Face

Hoopers Island's Changing Face
Author: Jacqueline Simmons Hedberg
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439656487
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Travel back to Hoopers Island's beginnings in the 1600s and discover how much different it is today. One of the oldest settlements in Maryland is a small tidewater community on the Eastern Shore named Hoopers Island. Land was patented there in 1659, and families who owned the original plantations have continued to reside there for generations. Economic changes in the 18th century contributed to both isolation and a unique style of life. By the late 19th century, farmers had turned to the sea to make their living and the community became known for its seafood. Island watermen continue to harvest the products of the Chesapeake, and local factories deliver seafood daily throughout the region. Hoopers Island today, however, has a different look than it did even 50 years ago. The high school has been transformed into a fine restaurant, and an old marine railway has become a modern boatyard and marina. While the native population has declined, others have retired to the area, and the island is becoming a vacation destination.

The Ocean Highway

The Ocean Highway
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781021410764
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Embark on a journey down the historic Ocean Highway from New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida with this informative travel guide. Complete with detailed maps, interesting historical facts, and recommendations for lodging and dining, readers will be transported back in time to a simpler era of American travel. Discover hidden gems and iconic landmarks along the way in this quintessential guide to exploring the Eastern seaboard. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.