In 1850, a letter was written by Morris Cheston. It speaks about the issue of slavery and Richard and his wife Jane Neal, living in the Mill Swamp area at Cumberstone in the vicinity of Ivy Neck Farm. This same Richard Neal was released from bondage in 1844. Richard Neal (e) can be found living in the Mill Swamp area and is listed on the 1870 census as black and a teacher. Richard Neal also sold the land to the Trustees of Chews Chapel Church for the purpose of building a schoolhouse. There were other teachers who would help to educate the black students in the area.
Reverend Swann and most of his family are interred in a small family plot near the original church site.
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Original Manumission Paper of Richard Neal
The first elementary school for Negro children in Anne Arundel County was the Mill Swamp School. Many of the children of The Chews Chapel congregation attended the school. The school was opened in 1865 and was located on the south side of Mill Swamp Road, as shown on the Hopkins Map. The Freedmen’s Bureau School closed five years later because of lack of funds for the schools support, but later reopened according to Joseph Wilson a former member of Chews Chapel Church and former Trustee of the Board,. He attended the school from 1915 to 1921.
Memories of Ralph J. Bunche
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