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Black and white of Ebenezer AME Church torn down in 1910

History in black, white
Slavery and separation part of local heritage

By ANDREA ROWLAND

Blacks in Washington County share a local history rooted along a less than one-quarter mile stretch in downtown Hagerstown. Jonathan Street has housed, fed, entertained — and sometimes frightened — many of its black residents for more than two centuries.