The McComas Institute

ID: 157 ~ Source: Chavis C., "McComas Institute (1867-1954)," Blackpast.org, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/mccomas-institute-1867/ [accessed 26 September 2021] ~ Date: 1867-1954

This file appears in: The Hosanna School

This is a recent image of the restored McComas Institute, a Freedman's Bureau school in Joppa, Maryland established in 1867.

This file appears in: The Hosanna School

The Hosanna School

By HCRP staff

The Hosanna School is an example of an early institution that promoted civil rights. The school is in the historic Berkley region of northeastern Harford County. The area was known before the Civil War as a stop on the underground railroad. Berkley…