The Isaiah Fountain Case

The Isaiah Fountain Case: Outrage and Jim Crow Justice on Maryland's Eastern Shore is a riveting account of racial injustice in Talbot County, painstakingly pieced together from the headlines and court records of a century ago.

In the wake of World War One and the "Spanish flu" pandemic, economic and racial tensions flared across the country. The Eastern Shore of Maryland was not immune.

In April 1919, a successful Black farmer named Isaiah Fountain set out by foot from his home in Williamsb...