Ivy Hill - Marriottsville, MD

 Ivy Hill is a historic home and farm and plantation located in Marriottsville, Howard County, Maryland.[1] The property was part of General William Hammond Marriott's property. Marriott would later become Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1822 and then the 34th President of the Maryland Senate (1827 - 1830).  It is owned by the State of Maryland and is managed by the Department of Natural Resources. Path Insight has an agreement with resident curators to provide additional funding for historic preservation, environmental restoration, and art innovation for projects approved and prioritized through the state process.  

Marriott was a grandson of John Marriott, an early Maryland pioneer on the Severn River. Shortly after graduating St. John's College in 1810, Marriott was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates where he served on the Grievances and Courts of Justice Committee through the opening of the War of 1812. During this time, Marriott built a home on his plantation at Ivy Hill in Anne Arundel County. The location would later become Howard County, in the town of Marriottsville.[1] Marriott formed the 8th Brigade of the Maryland Militia serving as a Brigade Major and Inspector. He served in the positions from 1812 to 7 January 1820.

From 1818 to 1822, Marriott was reelected to the House of Delegates, later becoming Speaker in the 1822 and 1824 sessions.[2] Marriott received an inheritance from his grandfather William Hammond including a woman who was enslaved, Hess Badger, who was supposed to be manumitted, but remained a slave until Marriott's death. In an 1854 case appealing his will, Hess' son Samuel Badger along with 72 other persons who were enslaved appealed for freedom from Marriott's heirs in Badger v. Marriott. Ultimately, the court denied their freedom.  As a Union border state, Maryland was not included in President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all slaves in states in rebellion to be free. The following year, Maryland held a constitutional convention. A new state constitution was passed on November 1, 1864 with  Article 24 prohibiting the practice of slavery.