“From Slavery to Freedom: The Struggle for Civic Virtue at St. Mary’s” Symposium
The African and African Diaspora Studies program (AADS) at St. Mary’s College of Maryland will host its first annual fall symposium on Friday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m., and Saturday, September 23 at 8:50 a.m. in the Blackistone Room of Anne Arundel Hall. “From Slavery to Freedom: The Struggle for Civic Virtue at St. Mary’s and Beyond” will give special attention to recently discovered evidence that St. Mary’s Female Seminary owned slaves during the nineteenth century. The symposium will also examine practices designed to memorialize slavery on American college campuses. In addition, scholars will explore the history of slavery in St. Mary’s County, Southern Maryland and other parts of Maryland