I’m born and raised in baltimore and NEVER knew any of this. This was a very informative documentary

In Baltimore County, there was a 330 acre slave plantation in Woodlawn, The Meadows, whose mansion house was replaced by the Woodlawn H.S. building, And, there was The Hampton Plantation in Towson, still standing as a museum.

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My great grandmother use to tell us stories when we were children and we never forgot what she taught us , this generation will never know Maryland's history because the great grands and grandmother's are young unless you have a family member that remember things for someone to pass on generation to generation the children will never no I tell my kids all of the stories I was told and they will do research so hopefully they'll pass it on

Wow I lived on Tivoly Ave and as kids my cousins and I used to sneak in the bottom of the mansion and have what we call “picnics”. There were golfers there who would allow us to sit there and eat candy then leave. Never knew this history. As a kid it was the huge golf house in the park so we went exploring. We were very lucky that nothing bad ever happened to us. Thx for sharing!

I’m born and raised in Baltimore. My maternal line is from the shoreline of Maryland. Our city is on the Mason Dixon line which separates the north from the south. The world famous Lexington market was a slave market where enslaved people were auctioned off on the block. The story of Johns Hopkins being an abolitionist is absurd. He tortured and murdered many enslaved people by using them as guinea pigs for medical research. Lord Baltimore was a slave owner and master. You can believe that someone is a good person and overlook the brutality suffered at the hands of the slave traders and slave owners. Look at the decay of that city. Look at the bloodshed. Do you think this is coincidence? They were all slave owners.

Extremely both formative and inspirational. I truly enjoyed!!!!

Anybody who has ever had a half way decent education or who cared to study slave history in America Should have known that Maryland was a border state and has a strong history of slavery. Baltimore should focus on its high murder and crime rates. As bad as things were for the slaves, they didn't shoot their children and women in their beds and heads. Why is it that enslaved people treated one another better than blacks born 400 years after the fact.? Every time I walk into a Giant Supermarket and smell Kush all around the meat and step over weave hair thrown in the streets of black communities and see black children standing beneath church awnings getting high rather than getting high on their educations, I re-imagine not the faces of enslaved people weeping about their enslaved conditions, but their hurt, disappointment ,and even disgust at the behavior of their descendants who have voluntarily enslaved themselves.

“Dealings with slave men”, John Hopkins owned, bought and sold slaves, period.

I'm from Maryland and this was very informative. Thank you for sharing.

It's interesting that this area was once considered within the county border considering how far the lines have moved since then.

The St. Paul's School in Timonium on Falls rd. was a plantation too. When i worked there it definitely had that eary feeling

I absolutely hate the way this guy John Ciekot is attempting to channel this audience toward Hopkin’s good deeds when there is no level of good deed that could out weigh the atrocities that slavery put on black people under its hand. In other words his good deeds were toward white people so that means little to nothing to an African American. In fact it only leads me to believe that even greater crimes may have been committed under that hand. His contributions to the medical field may have even included things as horrible as experimenting on Blacks he had access to. We will never know. The facts are the facts and to try to paint it any other way is insulting to those victimized by the institution and stigmas of slavery.

I was here in Baltimore in 1968 my family came from Virginia very informative an knowledgeable

Thank you for this info! Baltimore is my home city & didnt know this history. Bravo, on this content & delivery!

Wow. 24 years old here. Born in Baltimore. My first summer job at 16 through youthworks was at Civic Works. And I remember us going into that exact building that you are standing in front of and going up the top of that tower and watching over over city. I even remember going somewhere on the property to help cut down weeds and even some small trees to clear the way. We were told that this was John Hopkins summer home, as you said it's not surprising that a wealthy white man would own enslaved individuals, but man, I just had a full 360 loop hearing all this. I always joked around to my friend saying that my first job I was working the field because I was up early, in the heat sweating, back hurting but now that joke got a little darker 😅

Thanks for sharing. I was born and raised in Baltimore. I have been to this park many times. I always wondered about the history.

How could anyone not know Maryland didn't not have slaves when Harriet Tubman is from Maryland??

We can give credit where credit is due. It is good we have hospitals and schools, but we do need to understand that slavery and racism was evil and wrong.

Very interesting video. I hope you will.make more like this with local Baltimore area history of slavery.

My stepfather's 70 years old he used to tell me about John Hopkins John Hopkins to sit on the top of the mansion and watch the slave come in on the ship from off of the Chesapeake Bay I'm very up on my history I am from Baltimore City history he is very busy I'm so excited for this video they use that building now living classrooms

I grew up in Baltimore but have lived all over the US, including New Orleans. Most people do not think of Maryland as part of "the South" or a former slave state. The ignorance is astounding. It's nothing to be proud of, but we must know our history!

Good deeds won’t get you into heaven…

That mansion is one of the ugliest buildings in Baltimore. They used to have some large magnolia trees around it, and those trees were cut down in the process of it's restoration. I'd keep the trees and plant more in honor of all the abolitionists.

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I’m from Baltimore. Before I grew my locks I would wear my hair like Frederick Douglass. I go thru racism everyday in Washington state. The funniest thing is how ppl look or the conversation change when I say Maryland. Not Baltimore just Maryland. The inner city became some what violent but trust me neo nazis ws & klans men are around the corner. It’s racist with a dark history

I went to Lake Clifton. Seen that mansion multiple times.

Straight outta Baltimore here. Hard to picture slavery in Baltimore? Those ships that you see in the Inner Harbor are old slaveships. Lexington Market was a slave market.

I was born and raised here I always felt southern, Maryland is one of the most racist places I've ever been

Interesting! History videos are great.

Greenspring Valley....also a major slavery plantation

I wrote the plaque that appears at 1:00 in the documentary.

What surprised me was hearing he was an abolitionist. Never knew that. Didnt surprise me to hear he had slaves.

Wow , thanks for sharing ….

That’s interesting that a lot of people grew up to learn that John Hopkins was an abolitionist. Since I was a child, I’ve always heard otherwise: a slave owner.

The Hopkins story is great, but your 'research should include the huge number of BLACK slave owners in Baltimore and WHY many purchased slaves. This gives a better understanding of Maryland laws limiting the freeing of slaves. It is amazing. Even after the end of slavery, criminal laws and civil contracts prevented Black people from living in certain areas in Baltimore until the courts ruled these laws illegal in the late 1960s.

This is all in the book Not in my neighborhood

thank you for explaining. may we progress FAR beyond this report.

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Annapolis was bigger in slave trade than Baltimore.

Their were much slavery and slaves in Maryland,the slaveowners lived on the bigger streets Fayette street,Hollins street Lombard street,the slaves lived on the tiny alley streets called lemon street.their was a real fort on Calhoun street all this not south but located in south Baltimore,their evidence today in those tiny houses on alley streets that slaves lived on premises in south Baltimore.most of the street name were changed to cover the fact that slaves were living in south Baltimore,and the masters lived in the bighouses further up from the streets via sign are called Alley streets up on the signs.many slaves died in south Baltimore,their were many slaved messages left for generations to know they were their.

Thank you for sharing the truth

Maryland was not included in Lincoln's Emancipation because it was considered a Union state. Slavery was prohibited 1 year later.

Born and raised in Baltimore but have spent 18 years in southern MD and can definitely tell you Marylanders consider us the South.

This is interesting As I'm eating my Bean pie

that mason-dixon line...delaware don't think of themselves as a southern state neither...

I never knew I'm from. Zone 15 PH thanks for the news

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LETS STOP LIVING IN THE PAST AND BE SCACKLED BY ITS CHAINS. OUR FUTURE SHOULD LEARN FROM MISTAKES OF THE PAST BUT MUST NOT DWELL ON THEM OR USED FOR EVIL MEANS TO DEVIDE THE PEOPLE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER FOR POLITICAL SELF CENTERED PURPOSES.

Go to Annapolis the capital of MD ..where Kunte Kinte was sold they have an statue of him there

Don't think of Maryland as the South? Ever been there in summer. The Mason Dixon line divides Md from Pa not Md from Va, sorry. Canton was a plantation too, "Can-Ton" b/c John O'Donnell traded with Guangzhou, China then called Canton in English.

Someone said. Lansdowne area back then had slaves held in that area. Sad!

Big sound in the building

Show the dope holes on N. Avenue Belair Road , Harford Rd & the Alameda which surround the park then see what people think online then

The Black Woman and Black Man must know thyself and their history know where you come from and where you been and where your going and what you have achieve as a Black People throughout history from the beginning of dawn

Shocking!

Wow ! Thank you for this information

So many things

Oh my god

Wow should they now get rid of John Hopkins hospital knowing he was a slave owner or just look away.

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Baltimore City Schools are a current issue

Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas were Maryland Naives too.

Maryland is definitely the south. Maryland is very country with lots of rural areas.

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And then now in the future after Martin Luther King unveiled his dream now it's a nightmare to live there in Baltimore or any other city thank you for living up to Martin Luther King's nightmare that's why I do my I dream sleeping green when I'm awake like Martin Luther King look at the nightmare he left for the next 50/60 years

I heard he was an abolitionist too so I’m wondering who should be credited with lying to a generation. I read an old Baltimore sun article where his son was shot at.

Regional growth and better work is contingent on much.

First of all I grew up on homestead st. Went to little Clifton and then lake Clifton I knew that Johns Hopkins was a slave owner I got bored one day and Google it and the article will tell u everything my mom worked for Johns Hopkins hospital for 50 yrs I told her JHopiinks being a slave owner she told me so what she said remember that job kept food on the table.

And no anger nor mention of those in Africa who were selling their own people To The World...

Sad commentary that some live a whole life oblivious to the world around them.

Look at the old maps most of that area was flooded with water to push out the natives (blacks) I went to lake Clifton it use to have water in the basement! The watershed aka birdhouse is still there! Before our ancestors was slaves we was natives to ALLLLLLLL land! Look up five dollar natives! Great video!!! Thanks! If we was to ever stop calling ourselves blacks or African American we would see this land is ours by birthright! Hopkins is responsible for most of the deaths and killings today! They used to do rituals in the mothers garden right there! So his curse is still here! It’s really eerie by that mansion! I lived across from the golf course for many years!

My last name is Howard. Reach out some how we connected.

I'd like to write a fictional movie script about a black man that rescues black slaves escaping from plantations. What American port city would be best: Baltimore, Charlestone, or any other?

I personally say learn your own family history before you take anybody story for granted because my families history go back to 1700s and no sign of slavery

Laws changed... that's how it works...

What my people should be more receptive to is that slavery has been attached to us for many years. If we truly look and discern scriptures we can clearly see we been slaves in many many nations. Why is that? Disobedience to God for the same things we continue to do today when we not in obedience. Who sold us into slavery according to scriptures? Jesus Christ himself, it's right there in scriptures. When my people can truly understand who we are it becomes much clearer. It's a beautiful thing to fully understand and gain understanding about who we really are according to God's Word. I know many of you see those so called camps throughout Baltimore. Scriptures clearly speak about The synagogues of the Jews in different places where the Apostles traveled when preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus is Our King as well to the world. God came into flesh did he not to a nation and race of blacks. My people should truly study scriptures more and ask Father to give them wisdom if they lack it. He will definitely show you who you are in this life and why prophecies are being fulfilled daily concerning true Israel and judgement and many other things that has to happen before the coming of the bridegroom.

It generates hits and makes this guy bucks. What will it take to move on? To stop the whining?

Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and what about the Irish slaves that built the railroad

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They had slavery in state like NY, and Pennsylvania but ended it way before 1865

Seems like the speaker, wasn't as informed in his history, state or city...Maryland has always been considered southern, and country! Slavery was prevalent more so on the eastern shore, tobacco, cotton, wheat, oysters, crabs. Baltimore was a major shipping and rail hub connecting west and southern states ie...balto& Ohio rr, Potomac southern,, Harriet Tubman...Fredrick Douglass, Alex Haley..ROOTS...WTH?? All of those people came thru the eastern shore slave markets to work southern Maryland plantations. Most slaves that came thru Bmore had skills like ship builders...ie Fredrick Douglass. YOUNG FOLKS don't think they're country, but if you listen to how we/ they talk, people from other places hear the country accent. Yes ,John Hopkin owned slaves, pratt & Baltimore was a slave hub some being sent down south, most slaves first moved from bmore to DC right into Virginia. DC was the last thing close to urbanization a slave saw before there was noting but large plantations of the south. As far as Clifton pk. Being in the county...in the 1800s Baltimore city was only bordered from Ft.McHenry to North Ave to Harford rd to Broadway. Baltimore City school don't teach shit now.! Children don't know nothing. But drugs crack and club music. Freak dancing way to go in 2022.

He give money to build the boats John Hopkins the wood he paid for

Focus on parenting and obeying laws and working.

Port city, not surprised. As a matter of fact, any city on the Eastern shores of America had a major slave population. At least that’s where they came through…mainly from South America and the Caribbean👊🏾💪🏾

They built over the blk servants where home depot is.. let me know when you do Carroll park.. I've found alot of hidden history

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I did hear that,Maryland was worst then Mississippi

Yeah you have more than 4 Slaves Dr. at 400

blame Adam and Eve

Isn't Baltimore a very crime ridden place? Just one week in US and my friend got mugged by a black guy in Baltimore

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You surprised really.

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@00:35 notice it was slaves and Freedman in the same sentence. The majority of us are indigenous Americans aka Indians.

A slave owner is a slave owner!!!!!!

It is so weird that people from md and dc think they are not southern Kunta lived in md. Smh

I love what the blacks have done with Baltimore ever since. Reminds me of Haiti.

Their deeds where tyey owned slaves and didn't see black ppl as human