Historic Resources Study: African American Communities Along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
McMahon H. 2022. Historic Resources Study: African American Communities Along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Contract No.: P16PC00290. WSP USA Inc.. Washington, D. C.
This Historic Resources Survey (HRS) provides a context on African American communities and sites along the first 20 miles of the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal, from Georgetown in Washington, DC, to Travilah, Maryland. The HRS provides an overview of the myriad ways in which African Americans interacted with the landscape feature through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It addresses three thematic tropes: the economic, cultural, and social ways in which individual African Americans and communities related to the canal. Separate chapters are devoted to towns and places along the canal route that have a strong association with African American history in the area.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- McMahon, Heather
- Date of Issue
- 2022-10-27
- Publisher
- WSP USA Inc.
- Units
- CHOH
- Keywords
- African American, Brickyard, Brookmont, Cabin John, Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Communities, Georgetown, Gibson Grove, Glen Echo, Graysville, Great Falls, Maryland, Montgomery County, Palisades, Potomac, Rock Spring, St. Phillips Hill, Tobytown, Travilah, Washington D.C.