NPR: Linkfest: Maryland Pack Rats Find Slave Documents

Linkfest: Maryland Pack Rats Find Slave Documents

Slave records, political posters and a lock of hair from 1801 were discovered in the attic of a Maryland plantation, where a family kept military documents alongside laundry bills.

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Laura Silver

7:28 AM ET | 06-23-2008 | permalink

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