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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: 123 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: 123 Print image (35K) |
| 1 14 [Excerpt from Written Submission of Ms. Laurie Coughlan, Superintendent of Hampton National Site -Towson, Baltimore County] We find that private tour operators create stories of atrocities that are sometimes without factual foundation. For example, the ice house was closed with an iron gate in the 1940's when Hampton was opened to the public. Subsequently, one local tour operator pointed out those 1948 gates as evidence that the ice house was actually used as a slave dungeon in the 1850's. [Excerpt from Testimony of Mr. Lewis Fields, Executive Director, The Maryland African American Tourism Council] My work has involved tourism as it relates to African American participation in the tourism industry. There is also an education component but it is mostly economic. I would like to read the mission statement of our organization: The Maryland African American Tourism Council, we have members in almost every county. We are a non-profit organization that was formed in 1996. Our mission is: to assist in the development and growth of multicultural and African American |