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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: 103 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: 103 Print image (35K) |
| 94 According to Swisher over 700 markers were erected between the program's beginning in 1932 until the time he was writing in 1996 although he estimated that only around 600 were still standing at that time. Of this total number, The Task Force finds that only five or six include within their text the names of African Ameircans or of religious congregations that were predominantly black. In contrast, many celebrate Confederate heroes. Also, many refer to plantations, iron furnaces, tobacco ports, and colonial mansions without making any references to the vital importance of black people in their construction or operations. In The Sun of Decemer 12, 1999, June Arney wrote: "Although just a simple marker in a field in Dorchester County commemorates [Harriet] Tubman's birth, busloads of people visit the site every year — some literally to kiss the ground, said Winifred J. Roche, director of tourism for the country." In 1998, The Sun ran a series of articles indicating that Baltimore City-owned building most recently known as the Peale Museum was in danger of being converted into office space. |