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Black History Month at Homewood: Honoring Enslaved People at Homewood Museum

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Michelle Fitzgerald

The story of Homewood and slavery did not end when Harriet Carroll left Homewood in 1816, taking the Ross family with her to Philadelphia. Homewood remained in the hands of the Carroll family until 1838, during which time many of the individuals enslaved by Charles Carroll of Homewood were relocated to another Carroll estate, Doughoregan […]


Black History Month at Homewood: The Dining Room and the Politics of Plenty

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Michelle Fitzgerald
Homewood Museum Dining Room

In honor of Black History Month, JHU Museums’ curators have prepared a series of blog posts about the enslaved community at Homewood in the early 1800s. Today’s post examining the roles of enslaved workers in dining and entertaining at historic Homewood is the second post in a series of three. To read the first blog […]


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