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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: 119 Print image (40K) |
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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: 119 Print image (40K) |
| 1 10 [Excerpt from Written Submission of Ms. Addie L. Richburg, Executive Director, International Network to Freedom Association, INTFA] Pursuant to tourism, Maryland will be the site of International Network to Freedom Association's Millennium Conference, March 8-11, 2000. The dates of the conference were deliberately set to call attention to the legacy of one of Maryland's most famous citizens, Harriet Tubman. The conference, it is hoped, will attract persons from all across the country and from other countries. Governors of each state will be invited to attend and First Lady Hillary R. Clinton has been invited to serve as Honorary Chairperson. The Honorable Albert Wynn, Maryland House of Delegates, has consented to serve as Honorary Co-Chair. We are pleased and honored to have the Highway Administration of the Maryland Department of Transportation, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development and the Maryland Department of Education who have demonstrated their willingness to sponsor and/or lend generous support to this event. INTFA is pleased to work with two businesses which are very engaged in heritage tourism: Baltimore Black Heritage Tours and African American Renaissance Tours, the latter of which presents |