It is always exciting to obtain fresh perspectives and insights on Cecil County’s past, something that is often provided when scholars take a serious, fresh look at our history. These thorough investigations, requiring months of intensive digging into original documents and a critical evaluation of the sources, are valuable as they focus on specific research…
Category: schools
A Surviving African-American One-Room Schoolhouse
An old Cecil County schoolhouse where African-American children were taught for nearly 80 years still stands on a quiet hillside outside Pleasant Hill. Benjamin Griffith donated the property for the Cedar Hill School on February 11, 1871. His deed said “that in consideration of my regard for the education of the colored children of my…