| London Town Awarded Grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation |
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Historic London Town and Gardens was just awarded the 2011 Partnership-in Scholarship Grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Ford Foundation. This scholarly project will support the work of an intern from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, who will research land, probate, and court records involving enslaved and free African Americans connected to circa 1683 London Town, a once thriving tobacco port on the South River. Documents from the period of 1690 – 1760 will be examined and this work will be directed by Chris Haley, Director of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery Program at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis. This targeted research project will incorporate the history of African Americans into the organized K-12 education program for visiting teachers and students that takes place at Historic London Town and Gardens. This research, occuring in summer 2012, will also be an integral part of volunteer training workshops, as well as a new interpretative outreach for docent tours, new permanent museum area, and reconstructed historic area.
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