‘The real story of Liberia is a story of survival’: Remembering the role of Black and white Marylanders in the creation of Africa’s first republic
Published on: Thursday 01 July 2021
With its palm trees and mangrove swamps, Liberia’s Maryland County is a world away from Fells Point. Yet it’s there, on the West Coast of Africa, where more than 1,000 free and formerly enslaved people settled in the 1800s. Many had been born in Baltimore or elsewhere in Maryland. Some came by choice, others under […]
