![]() Mapping also shows that the actual buying and selling of individuals, in the absence of a centralized market, took place all over the city, making it literally impossible for residents, both black and white, to avoid. Our research shows that blacks and whites lived in close proximity, but not necessarily in the same kinds of housing or on the same streets. ![]() Drawing on Visualizing Early Baltimore, a detailed visualization of Baltimore city following the war of 1812, "Slave Streets, Free Streets" asks readers to think about where the city's free blacks and enslaved workers lived and worked, and how space could be both integrated and segregated. ![]() This article explores some of the possibilities and challenges of reconstructing the physical world of Early Republic Baltimore. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |