Farms: From Fells Point to Homewood Farm: Perspectives on Slavery in Baltimore

This afternoon program explores the enslaved African American community that once lived and labored at Charles Carroll Jr.’s Homewood estate (now the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus) during the early 19th century. A country retreat and 130-acre farm, Homewood was home to approximately twenty slaves who worked in the house and labored in the fields. The specialists brought together for the symposium will present lectures on various aspects of slavery in the Baltimore region, providing an in-depth introduction to the enslaved people of Homewood and best practices for public historians in reading the African presence back into the landscape of historic sites and museums. Chapter Marks (Click time to skip to the chapter): 00:00:26 Introduction: Catherine Rogers Arthur 00:03:00 Welcome: President Ron Daniels 00:08:00 Moderator’s Welcome: Katrina Bell McDonald, Ph.D. 00:13:35 “Discussing Issues of Slavery: Public Memory, Social History, and Remembered Stories” - Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Ph.D. 00:49:55 “African American Life in the Chesapeake, 1700–1820” - Philip Morgan, Ph.D. 01:32:55 “Enslaved at Homewood: Sources on Individual Experiences” - Abby Schreiber 02:17:20 Panel Discussion From Fells Point to Homewood Farm: Perspectives on Slavery in Baltimore was organized at The Johns Hopkins University by Homewood Museum in cooperation with Hopkins Retrospective, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Department of History and the Program in Museums and Society at the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences. The symposium was made possible by a diversity innovation grant from the Johns Hopkins University Diversity Leadership Council and an anonymous donor. For more information about Homewood Museum, visit www.museums.jhu.edu. Participants: Catherine Rogers Arthur Director and Curator, Homewood Museum President Ronald J. Daniels The Johns Hopkins University Katrina Bell McDonald, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication, Loyola University Maryland Philip Morgan, Ph.D. Harry C. Black Professor of History, The Johns Hopkins University Abby Burch Schreiber Doctoral Candidate in History, Ohio State University Visiting Instructor, Towson University