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Slavery's record

Historic Annapolis Foundation created Project Run-A-Way, which includes a database of newspaper ads about runaway slaves

February 07, 2010|By Jonathan Pitts

They'll seek feedback and suggestions from the audience, too, including anecdotes some might remember from their own family histories, whether on the slaveholders' or the servants' side.

Our notion of property, after all, has changed over the past 150 years

"It's a big story," Ersts says. "We want it to belong to everyone."

If you go
What: Second annual Black History Month Seminar, Historic Annapolis Foundation

Topic: Project Run-A-Way

Where: Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, 1101 Smithville St., Annapolis

When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 20

Admission: Free to the public

For more information: Go to annapolis.org or call 410-267-7619 or 800-603-4020.


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