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Slavery

Martha Jones and Jessica Millward engaged in a conversation Monday as the opening event in the Hard Histories at Hopkins series.

History

Hard Histories at Hopkins launches book discussion series

Published March 17, 2021

Series examines the role that slavery, racism, and discrimination have played at Johns Hopkins and in Baltimore and Maryland

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History

Race and rights

Published Aug 30, 2018

In her new book, 'Birthright Citizens,' historian Martha Jones explores slavery and freedom in antebellum Baltimore