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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: 31 Print image (40K) |
| 22 with funding from the Abell Foundation. The plan builds on a 1988 Masterplan for Carroll Park developed by the National Park Service, which compared Carroll's Hundred's potential to that of Monticello and Mount Vernon. Over the years, the Foundation has expanded its Board of Directors to become a broad-based group with strong community support, and includes the Junior League of Baltimore as one of its institutional partners. From the beginning, CPF also has worked hard to develop partnerships with Baltimore City, the Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Maryland Historical Trust to bring private resources to enhance a public cultural attraction. The focus of our research into slavery has been primarily in the central area of Maryland, specifically the area of Middlesex County, just to the west what in the 18th century was called Baltimore Towne. Just minutes west of the Inner Harbor, Carroll Park is a beautiful green oasis close to the historic neighborhoods of Washington Village, Pigtown, Union Square, Hollins Hill, Morrell Park, and Barre Circle. Carroll's Hundred refers to the 26-acre area of the park held under historic easement by the Maryland Historical Trust. Slavery is generally viewed as a vast monolithic system, which in |