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THE MARGARET: THE STORY OF AN 18th CENTURY SLAVE SHIP’S JOURNEY FROM WEST AFRICA TO MARYLAND

  • Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E. Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202 (map)

Join Dr. Herbert Brewer of Morgan State University for a talk about his research on the slave ship, Margaret. Its journey from London, England to Sierra Leone, West Africa, to the Chesapeake and back to England illustrated the complex web of commercial, political and culture links that tied Europe, Africa and Maryland together in the early 18th century. In partnership with Maryland Four Centuries. Free admission.