Talk:History of Baltimore

North or south?
This article contradicts itself it says at one time baltimore was the biggest southern city. Then it says it had the largest Ex-slave population in the north. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.254.161 (talk) 98.204.254.161 (UTC)
 * In the era leading up to the Civil War, much of Maryland was definitely of Southern feel (there was slavery, it was south of the Mason-Dixon line, at least part of its economy was tied to agriculture, etc.). However, it did not secede and did not support some of reasons other (deeper-)South states had for slavery, so it's also sometimes discussed along with other Northern states in relation to (former-)slave states there. To directly answer your question, just because it may have been a Southern city in some analyses doesn't mean it couldn't have large ex-slave populations or be counted as part of the North in other analyses. The first paragraph of the "Blacks" section seems clear about comparably mild attitudes there at the time. DMacks (talk) 22:53, 22 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed, it's a mixed bag. Baltimore has always had ties to both sides.  It's never a contradiction - always a coexistence.  Welcome to Maryland.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.179.30.43 (talk) 04:57, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Moving or removing section on Religious history of Baltimore
I'd like to remove (or split off into a separate article) the section addressing the Religious history of Baltimore. I took a look at urban history articles for New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago and found that none of those articles dedicate a separate section to this topic. Cutting this section could help make room for a more substantial treatment of Baltimore's post-WWII history. Since this is a substantial change to the existing article, I thought it was appropriate to add a quick note to the talk page and invite feedback before I went ahead and made the edit. --Eli.pousson (talk) 03:07, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

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Native people
Where are these Woodland period archaeological remains mentioned? I have been researching the topic of the Native presence in Baltimore City proper for nearly a decade and haven't even found a bibliographic reference, much less any actual research, that says anything but that the Baltimore city proper area was pretty much uninhabited except occaisonal hunting parties roaming afield from their main settlements. I think this needs to be clarified, I would be VERY interested to learn more about these findings! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.33.94.210 (talk) 23:09, 7 February 2018 (UTC)