Evergreen Home John Garrett Chapter 2 Summary

This is a summary of the presentations on Tuesday. In the Baltimore Book, chapters 1-6 were presented. In Chapter 1, the railroad strike occurred. John Garrett was the owner at the time. Because he paid his workers so low a strike occurred, it was the strike of 1877. As well, he replaced many of his workers with machines. Many of these people couldn’t support their families because of this. In Chapter 2, I learned about the Evergreen House, and the Garrett Family. John Garrett was the wealthiest person in Baltimore at the time. He owned B & O Railroad, and just happened to pay his worker the lowest wages, go figure? The area he lived in called Roland Park was a safe haven for rich people. Their goal was to keep away undesirable immigrants.