Racial Terror Lynchings in Maryland

Interactive Map of Lynchings in MD

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TIPS FOR NAVIGATING OUR INTERACTIVE MAP

Search by Time Period or County:

  1. Go to the black toolbar on the left-hand side and click the “layers” icon (second from top) to view all 23 map layers.

  2. Use the eye icon beside each individual map layer to turn different layers on and off. Each layer corresponds to a time period (Antebellum Period, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and 20th Century) or a county.

  3. If a map layer is turned on but greyed out, you are too far away. Zoom down into the area of interest until the red dots appear.

Learn About Individual Victims:

  1. Each individual victim of lynching in Maryland has a brief pop-up biography embedded in their map point. To access these biographies, zoom into the map and click on red markers.

  2. Multiple lynchings in the same area are represented by both individual red markers and numbered “clusters.” You can access biographies both by clicking on the clusters or by zooming in until the clusters become individual markers again.

Disclaimer: Sites of lynching are approximated to the nearest town or city. This map is not optimized for use on mobile devices.