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Mrs. Callum attended the public schools of East Baltimore, as
well as Morgan State University, where she earned a B.A. degree
in 1973 and an M.S. degree in 1975. Through a Fullbright-Hayes
Fellowship, Agnes Callum studied on the graduate level at the
University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana, West Africa during the summer
of 1973. She returned to Africa for additional study in 1975.
She also visited the countries of Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria,
Mrs. Callum was employed as a social studies teacher by the Baltimore City Evening Schools and also taught geography at Coppin State College. In addition, Mrs. Callum was employed by the United States Postal Service. Mrs. Callum is an historian, genealogist and researcher. She has a strong love and devotion to her people and to St. Mary's County. Her innate desire to seek information concerning the achievements of her people is significant. She attributes this desire to tenacity of purpose inherited from sustaining ancestral characteristics. She has published a number of books including: Inscriptions From the Tomb Stones at Mount Calvary Cemetery, 1926-1982, Mullac Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985; Colored Volunteers of Maryland Civil War, 7th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, 1863-1866, Mullac Publishers, 1990; The Kane's Sojourn at Sotterley, 1978; Kane-Butler Genealogy - History Of A Black Family, 1978; and Flower of the Forest - Black Genealogy Journal, Volumes 1 through 16, 1982-1999; she also compiled Black Marriages of St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1800-1900, Mullac Publishers, 1991 and Black Marriages of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1852-1886, Mullac Publishers, 1994. Her numerous articles have appeared in the Maryland Pendulum, The Generator, Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Kane Family News Notes, and Flower of the Forest Black Genealogical Journal of which she is the founder and editor (1982 to the present). Other articles have appeared in the Harford County Historical Bulletin, The National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees Quarterly Bulletin, The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Journal and the NAPFE News Letter. Over the years Mrs. Callum has presented at a number of conferences and gatherings and has been actively involved in Sotterley Plantation's education programs. It is through her efforts that the story of the Kane family can be told and it is this story that has formed a basis for the study of the African-American presence at Sotterley during the 19th century. She has been a member of the Sotterley Foundation's Board of Trustees. Mrs. Callum has been featured in most of the major newspapers on the East Coast, including The New York Times, The Afro-American, The Baltimore News Post, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The St. Mary's County Enterpriser, The St. Mary's County Beacon, The City Newspaper (Baltimore edition), Muhammed Speaks, The Washington Observer, and The Stars and Stripes (the military publication). She has been a guest on "CBS This Morning", "NBC Nightly News" (9/8/96), "CNN", "The History Channel", "Canadian TV", "Fox5", (Washington, D.C.), "On Time" (WJZ 13 Baltimore), and "2 the Point with Terry Owens" (WMAR 2 Baltimore). Mrs. Callum lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Her daughter, Martina Callum, MD, is presently on the Board of Trustees for The Sotterley Foundation.
*Hillery Kane and Alice Elsa Bond James Henry (1864) and Delia Annette Curtis Philip Moten Kane (1896) and Mary Priscilla Gough Agnes Emma Kane (1925) and Solomon Melvin Callum (Agnes is one of 12 children) Callum children: Paul Ambrose Agnes Emma, Arthur Melvin ,
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Agnes
Kane Callum was born on February 24, 1925, in Baltimore, Maryland.
She was the fifth child of Mary Priscilla Gough and Philip Moten
Kane of St. Mary's County, Maryland, and the great granddaughter
of Hillery and Alice Elsa Kane, enslaved at Sotterley during the
1800s.* Mrs. Callum married Solomon Melvin
Callum of Jamestown, South Carolina and they had five children.
Mr. Callum died January 11, 1975.