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August 31, 2023
n 1676, a Black teenager named Ann Joice arrived on the shores of Maryland with hopes of a new life.
She had traveled to the recently founded colony from England, destined for indentured servitude, and worked as a maid for the ruling Calvert family, who for three generations had presided over Maryland as a religious haven for Catholics fleeing persecution in England.
The Guardian, August 2023.