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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: 137 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: 137 Print image (35K) |
| 128 1 1. Findings Relevant to Lingering Psychological, Sociological and Economic _____________Impacts_____________ The Task Force finds that the future health of our state across numerous sectors will probably depend in large measure on our ability to understand and address some the lingering psychological, sociological, and economic impacts of slavery and its legacy. The following findings are meant to only be suggestive of how much there remains for us to discover and attempt to address in this regard. [Excerpt from Submission of Ms. Leontyne Peck, Member of the Maryland Commssion on African African History and Culture] Although Cumberland's two newspapers were pro-Unionist, most residents of Allegany County following the Civil War were opposed to both harsh Federal treatment of the defeated Confederacy and to federal guarantees of equal rights for blacks. Although the county lost some of its black population following the war, according to the 1870 census, blacks still numbered 690 in Cumberland's total |