Events Calendar

Defiant: The Audacious Escape of Robert Smalls: The Water Side of the Underground Railroad, Presenter: Author and Screenwriter Robert Blake Whitehill

Annapolis Maritime Museum 723 Second st., Annapolis, United States

Robert Smalls' life was one of accomplishment. Starting enslaved, then American politician, publisher, businessman, and maritime pilot. Hear the thrilling tale of how Smalls freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil War by commandeering a Confederate ship and sailing it from Confederate-controlled waters to freedom.

Built on Sotweed: The History and Archaeology of Maryland in the 1600s and its Reliance upon Tobacco, Presenter: Archaeologist Henry Miller

Annapolis Maritime Museum 723 Second st., Annapolis, United States

Tobacco was foundational to shaping life in the Lord Baltimore's colony. Explore insights into the yearly "Tobacco Fleet" that brought goods and carried tobacco across the Atlantic. Learn about the remains of an actual 17th- century English tobacco ship discovered using historical research and archaeology.