Rough Passages on Tremendous Seas

Description

After the U.S. outlawed the importation of slaves in 1808, many hoped the practice of slavery would die out. Instead, as the plantation economy boomed and demand for cheap labor increased, a virulent domestic slave trade emerged that triggered the forced relocation of some two million enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South. Jennie Williams, a PhD candidate in history at JHU, will present a talk highlighting Baltimore's role in this destructive practice.

This program is presented in connection with Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865, an award-winning exhibition on loan from The Historic New Orleans Collection, on view through July 27.

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