TASK FORCE TO STUDY
THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND
(Final Report) 1999/12/31
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THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND
(Final Report) 1999/12/31
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91 possession to each other. Hampton NHS hopes to place certain materials on the internet once copyright issues are cleared up. What is significant at Hampton is the presence of so many archival references—supply lists, lists of enslaved people detailed enough to trace family relationships, lists of toys given slave children at Christmas times, etc. The Task Force finds that although the Baltimore City Archives moved to new quarters January 1, 1998 to a new location at 2165 Druid Park Drive which is larger, brighter and more conducive to efficient use than was the previous location on Pleasant Street, the Task Force notes with concern that many of these irreplaceable documents which relate to slavery and its legacy are still not adequately catalogued and safe. In contrast, in November 1998, the New York State Education Department announced that it was "accepting applications for projects that contribute to the preservation of significant research materials in libraries, archives, historic societies and other agencies in New York state, whether by conducting surveys, improving collection storage environments, reformatting or treating