Historic Annapolis Winter Lecture Series: Part 1: Slaves and Servants and Part 2: Black Lives in Colonial Annapolis

Dr. Jean Russo will present a two-part look at bound labor in the Chesapeake in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Part I is a general overview of indentured, convict, and enslaved laborers in the region, particularly in the seventeenth century. Part II is a more focused study of the lives of enslaved and free blacks in colonial Annapolis, with a consideration also of the bound laborers at work in the Paca household.

Reservations encouraged.

Cost: $10 General Admission; Free for HA Members and Volunteers

Please note: The location of this lecture has been changed to the William Paca House Conference Room, 186 Prince George Street.