1856 in the News
By John-John Williams IV, The Baltimore Banner
A new report shows that the slave economy was deeply entrenched in the origins of the University of Maryland, College Park, including enslaved people living and working on land that forms a large section of the current campus...… Continue
By Jimmy Alexander, WTOP News
A new report examining the University of Maryland’s historical ties to slavery has connected multiple enslavers to the school’s founding. The first research report from the “1856 Project” shows the school’s link to slavery started with the state’s founder...Read More… Continue
By Lilly Price, The Baltimore Sun
The University of Maryland, College Park this month published a research report on the institution’s connections to slavery, detailing how founder Charles B. Calvert was a descendant of enslavers and owned at least 55 slaves who worked on his Riverside plantation, land that makes up part of UMD’s campus...… Continue
By Liann Herder, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
The University of Maryland's (UMD) The 1856 Project has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, Reconstructing the Truth. Its goal, stated in the report, is to become a “blue print for a richer understanding of generations of racialized trauma rooted in the institution”...… Continue
By Razak Diallo, The Black Explosion
The 1856 Project held its first annual research update on Feb. 7. The first part of the report, “Reconstructing the Truth,” details the University of Maryland’s connection to slavery and local African American communities...Read More
By Jackson Hawkins, Stories Beneath the Shell
On Feb. 7, the 1856 Project conducted their first annual research update findings in a report presentation that took place in the special events room in McKeldin Library...Read More
By Maryland Today Staff, Maryland Today
A new report from The 1856 Project at the University of Maryland explores the story of an enslaved family that could have lived where the Xfinity Center stands today, as well as the Rossborough Inn’s potential ties to the Underground Railroad...Read More
By Sumaya Abdel-Motagaly, The Diamondback
The University of Maryland used to serve as a shelter for runaway slaves and profited from the finances of slave owners, according to the findings of the 1856 Project presented at its first annual research update on Wednesday...Read More
Initiative Studying UMD’s Ties to Slavery to Hold Listening Sessions This Week
By Liam Farrell, Maryland Today
February 21st, 2022
From investigating historic connections to the slave economy to examining the experiences of current Black students, the University of Maryland’s ambitious 1856 Project aims to illuminate the past and influence the future of a diverse institution...
Photo by John T. Consoli
By Karen Shih, Maryland Today
At the start of Black History Month, organizers of a University of Maryland initiative probing the institution’s historic intersections with slavery are inviting community members to learn about their research and progress and join their work.
Tomorrow, The 1856 Project’s inaugural symposium will bring… Continue