Moment in Maryland Black History: Mathias de Sousa Arrives

March 25, 2014 – Segment 2

This day in history marks the arrival of the Ark and the Dove at St. Clement’s Island (now St. Mary’s County, MD). Mathias de Sousa was an early African settler w ho arrived with these colonists.

Lisa Crawley, Resource Center Manager at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, joins us for this segment.

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