LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — The archaeological finds seem ordinary at first. A rusted belt buckle, shards of broken pottery and glass, remnants of an old clay pipe. But in this detritus of lives lived more than 200 years ago ...

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Issues for the next attorney general lead news roundup that includes court approval of Florida medmal burden, Yelp's alleged extortion and Wisconsin's AG race.

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Maryland was one of four states that did vote, in 1862, to ratify the Corwin Amendment, which would have enshrined slavery in the Constitution.

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Cardin is making another push to create national parks in Maryland and New York dedicated to Harriet Tubman. The Maryland Democrat says he will speak on Wednesday to advocates, historians and Tubman descendants about his efforts ...

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Taxpayers get an extra three days to file their federal tax returns this year, and they can thank the nation’s capital for the extra time. The filing deadline is delayed until midnight Monday because the District of Columbia will observe ...

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Marylanders need not look far — particularly this time of year — to find a lasting legacy of the state’s checkered past, slavery historian Anthony Cohen told judges and lawyers who gathered recently at a 19th-century courthouse in Rockville. The ...

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By now you’ve probably heard about the new editions of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by NewSouth Books that will not include any mention of the n-word, which had originally appeared in the book more than 200 times. The n-word ...

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The history of white and black in this country has largely been marked by separateness. Whites in the manse, blacks in the slave quarters; whites on the paved streets, blacks on the dirt roads; whites in the pleasant neighborhoods, blacks ...

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