TASK FORCE TO STUDY
THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND
(Final Report) 1999/12/31
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY
THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND
(Final Report) 1999/12/31
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158 informed about resources, benefits, programs, and initiatives occurring outside of Maryland which might impact and enhance our efforts in-state. This commission needs the resources to establish and maintain an interactive web site that will contain a variety of information relevant to its mission, including information about tourism, curriculum development, and archival resources. The Task Force finds that a commission needs to have networking, coordinating, and advisory authority to keep us informed with regard to how well we are protecting irreplaceable historical sites, archives, and artifacts relating to the history and legacy of slavery. The Task Force finds that a commission could be useful in periodically advising the Governor and General Assembly on initiatives that may help to redress social harms of slavery and/or its legacy in Maryland in conciliatory ways. In the area of formal education, the Task Force finds that the commission could work in an advisory capacity with departments of education on the development of principles and preferred guidelines to support the creation of appropriate instructional materials and teacher training as related to principles of social justice, coupled