From Absence to Presence and Beyond: Extending the History and Voices of Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

FAIN: ZPP-284187-22

St. Mary's College of Maryland (St. Mary's City, MD 20686-3001)
Erin Peters (Project Director: May 2021 to July 2022)
Christine A. Wooley (Project Director: July 2022 to August 2023)
Jeffrey Lamar Coleman (Project Director: August 2023 to present)

One public humanities post-doctoral position and sustain humanities programming at a site significant for the history of English colonization and slavery in the Americas. 

Extension of research and programming for the recently discovered history of enslaved peoples of southern Maryland through the creation of one 1-year full-time position for a public humanities fellow. This fellow will carry out long-term strategic and implementation planning and aid in sustaining and expanding existing humanities programming with St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s newly dedicated Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland and the African and African Diaspora Studies and Museum Studies programs.