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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: 168 Print image (39K) |
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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: 168 Print image (39K) |
| 159 with multiculturalism and the history and legacy of slavery. Maryland can ill afford the kind of travesty which occurred in Archdale, North Carolina as recently as 1998 when local members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a nationwide heritage group, for a time convinced the administration at Randolph Community College that a course should be taught which claimed that "most slaves were happy in captivity." In the area of youth development, the Task Force finds that commission could assist the State in staying aware of models initiated in Maryland or elsewhere which deserve public support. Moreover, in the area of unequivocally repudiating slavery and commemorating the Middle Passage and those who in bondage made invaluable contributions to the building of Maryland, the Task Force finds that a commission is needed to advise the Governor and General Assembly on establishing one or more official state monuments for this purpose. Moreover, as one of its duties, such commission should maintain a registry of burial grounds in this state thought to primarily represent the resting places of slaves and to make recommendations for how they may be appropriately maintained. |