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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: 163 Print image (38K) |
| 154 American slaves who survived made to the economic development of America...." [See Appendix F.] While it is well that the House of Delegates in 1989 challenged the Federal Government to honor by an appropriate monument the Middle Passage and Slavery, as we move across the threshold of the twenty-first century, such challenge rings hallow in view of the lack of any such public monument in-state. Although the Task Force applauds the statue of Alex Haley, a descendant of Kunte Kinte which was placed on the Annapolis City Dock on December 9, 1999 as a result of the tireless work and selfless contributions of many, the Task Force notes that this is not a monument to the holocaust of the Middle Passage nor that of slavery. How odd it is that we Americans who claim to be global guardians of human rights can so confidently condemn human atrocities on all sides, but suddenly can not find our voice or our way to speak the truth about the slaves and the Middle Passage, to commemorate these innocent victims publicly, or even with sincerity publicly apologize to their descendants. In the words of Dr. Russell Adams: "Ignoring and denying the defining full experiences of the basic |