Reflections

African Diaspora, ancestors, burial ceremonies, captured Africans, descendants of slaves, Middle Passage, slave ports, slavery, transatlantic slave trade

This week is so deeply personal for me that I am departing from our usual format on the blog postings. We think that not often in a lifetime is there an opportunity to be a part of something that we know is bigger than our individual self and immediate communities, but of course that is not true. There is the commitment to another person in a partnership, there is the Read More

Website Up Today

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We have not been on vacation.  Our absence results from preparations for the first remembrance ceremonies for Middle Passage African ancestors in Baltimore at the Fells Point Broadway Pier on August 23, 2013. All of our time and energy have been focused on this upcoming event with no time for research or writing. We do, however, have great news: Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, Inc.’s website was completed Read More