Bishop A.W. Wayman Pilgrimage

Alexander Walker Wayman (1821-1895) was one of the most active bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.  He carried his ministry into the war-torn South and later established congregations and conferences from Florida to Minnesota and California.

Bishop A.W. Wayman was born in Tuckahoe Neck, Caroline County. His family owned the farmland and Tuckahoe riverfront property that included Wayman Wharf, the steamboat terminus of the Wheeler Transportation Line that served Hillsboro in the late 1800s.

The Bishop A.W. Wayman Pilgrimage takes you from the Talbot County steamboat stop at Covey’s Landing, past the Frederick Douglass birthplace, to the ruins of Wayman Wharf.

Read the Story of Bishop A.W. Wayman -- his boyhood in Tuckahoe Neck, his education in Baltimore and Philadelphia, and his ministry during and after the Civil War.

Distance:

4.2 Miles

River:

Tuckahoe

Start:

Covey’s Landing

Destinations:

Wayman Wharf

Route Description:

From Covey’s Landing paddle 2.1 miles upriver to Wayman Wharf. Return to Covey’s Landing

Themes:

Agriculture, African-American History, Religion

Best Seasons:

Any

Sites on This Trip Itinerary

Site

Miles From Start

Features

Covey’s Landing

0.0

Landing, Tobacco Warehouse, Shoe Factory, Tannery, Cannery, Tavern, Railroad Station, Bridge, Town

Laytons Mill

0.2

Shipbuilding yard

Frederick Douglass Birthplace

1.2

Birthplace of African-American leader

Long Point

1.4

Public landing

Wayman Wharf

2.1

Steamboat landing, archeological site, wreckage of river barge

 

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