History Conversations | The Early Slave Trade in Montgomery County
January 27 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
with Anthony Cohen | Tuesday, January 27 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event |
The African slave trade was firmly entrenched in Montgomery County by the time of its founding in 1776. Discover the European and African nations involved, the earliest enslaved arrivals, and learn of their customs and skills, and how they helped to transform the landscape of the region. This presentation will show how the international movement morphed into a domestic trade, from the Chesapeake to the Deep South after the Louisiana Purchase, and its lingering effects from the time of Revolution to Maryland emancipation in 1864.