The Baltimore Railroad Strike 
& Riot of 1877

Purpose:

• to examine the causes and consequences of the strike against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the summer of 1877
• to relate the strike and ensuing riots to events nationwide and
• to place the events in Baltimore into the larger context of what one historian has called the Year of Violence

 

 
 
 

• Suggested Reading & Viewing
• Guide to Documents, including contemporary accounts
• Classroom exercises and assignments

The Archives of Maryland: Documents for the Classroom series of the Maryland State Archives was designed and developed by Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse and Dr. M. Mercer Neale. This packet was prepared and introduced by Dr. Papenfuse with production assistance from R. J. Rockefeller, Lynne MacAdam, Paula Brown, Chris Haley, and other members of the Archives staff. MSA SC 2221-09. Publication no. 1797.

© 1997-1999 Maryland State Archives; rev. February 1999.

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