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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 38 Print image (35K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 38 Print image (35K) |
| 29 While there is solid evidence that Virginia promoted "breeding places" in Alexandria and several other places in Richmond, there is little evidence of these places in Maryland. Only recently were we made aware of a "breeding pen" in Baltimore. More information is needed concerning this inhuman treatment of enslaved Africans. More specifically, we need to know more about the number and distribution of breeding pens in the state and the destination of enslaved Africans slaves. Clearly, one of the most important ways that slavery continues to impact society is economic. Without doubt, the institution of slavery prohibited enslaved Africans from owning any property or to be compensated for their inventions. As a result, their denial of property rendered their offspring without property. Enslaved Africans were never compensated for their many decades of contributions to the economies of individual plantations nor for the growth and development of the state. Without enslaved Africans, many regions of the state and the nation would have remained economically depressed for decades. |