Join the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum for a lecture series detailing our permanent exhibit on the Underground Railroad in the greater Upper Chesapeake Bay region, as well as new research on the history and experience of Black watermen for a future update on our current "Working on the Bay" exhibit. Admission to the lecture series is free to the public.

Bruce Russell was the head curator on the Underground Railroad exhibit. Mr. Russell will detail the legal battle over the “ownership” of an African-American woman from the Darlington area of Harford County, that was one of the precursors to the Civil War. He will also discuss the bounty hunters, bloodhounds, and extortion exhibited.

Contact us at info@hdgmaritimemuseum.org or 410-939-4800

Other lectures in the series: 

Sisters of the Tide: The Untold History of Black Women on the Chesapeake Bay

Noelle Gibson

History Intern

September 14, 2024 at 3 pm

Through Their Eyes: Contemporary Artwork in the Underground Railroad Exhibit

Leslie Kaufman

September 22, 2024 at 3 pm

This project has been financed in part with State Funds from the Maryland Historical Trust, an agency of the Maryland Department of Planning which is an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. However, project contents or opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Historical Trust or the Maryland Department of Planning.