San Domingo, founded as a rare settlement of free Black residents a full 40 years before the Civil War, is believed to be the oldest community of its kind in the state.
San Domingo
Nestled between the Nanticoke River and Sharptown Road in rural Wicomico County, San Domingo became a rare community of free Black residents 201 years ago. Its inheritors are trying to keep its spirit alive. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)
Newell Quinton
Newell Quinton treats a few of his 50 goats to a handful of grass as he makes his rounds on his farm, Gran’Sarah’s HIll, in San Domingo in rural Wicomico County. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)
San Domingo founder James Brown
The headstone for San Domingo founder James Brown is seen in the woods at the edge of the community. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)
Rudolph Eugene Stanley
Rudolph Eugene Stanley, 72, walks through Zion Cemetery, where many of the community’s founders and…