Most enslaved humans who arrived in Maryland, including Kunta Kinte, were transported as cargo to Annapolis. Kinte arrived on the Lord Ligonier in 1767.

However, the Nottingham Middle Passage Remembrance Project (NMPRP) recently retrieved evidence from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database and other sources that document twelve human-trading vessels that docked at Nottingham, Selby's Landing, and Digges' Landing in southern Prince George's County, Maryland between 1751 and 1771. The ship's "cargo" included more than 2,000 humans; however, the Atlantic Ocean became the grave for more than 307 men, women, and children who boarded those ships and left Africa alive.

NMPRP is sponsoring "Uncharted Waters: Dimensions of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade & Prince George's County, MD," an ancestral remembrance conference, on August 23, 2025, at the University of Maryland. The event focuses on the history and ramifications of the transatlantic human trade, specifically in Prince George's County.

NMPRP is part of the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP). Since 2011, MPCPMP has been honoring the two million captive Africans who perished during the transatlantic crossing known as the Middle Passage and the ten million who survived to build the Americas. MPCPMP places markers and holds remembrance ceremonies at all ports of entry for Africans during the 350 years of the transatlantic human trade.

The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is an international day celebrated on August 23 of each year, the day designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic human trade.


College Park, MD
Sankofa IMPACT
“Unchartered Waters:  Dimensions of the
TransAtlantic Slave Trade and  Prince George’s County,
Maryland – Conference and Community Conversation”
University of Maryland
Stamps Student Union
3972 Campus Drive
Sat, Aug 23


The lineup:

pharoah

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Continental Breakfast
Registration includes continental breakfast, plated lunch, and reception hors d'oeuvres.

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m


Regina’s Pop-up Museum of African American History


 
sheila walker

Dr. Sheila Walker
Cultural Anthropologist and Documentary Filmmaker

A.M. Plenary Sessions
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.   

Opening
Dr. Kim Nickerson
Assistant Dean and Diversity Officer

Dr. Georgina Dodge
VP for Diversity and Inclusion

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.   
Nottingham Middle Passage Remembrance Project (NMPRP)
- Prince George’s County, MD
Janis Hagey, Sankofa IMPACT, Inc.

Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP
- The United States
Erika Berg, Co-Chair, MPCPMP

10:20 – 11:00 a.m.
Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora
Dr. Sheila Walker, Cultural Anthropologist and Documentary Filmmaker

 


Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman
Dean, Department of Anthropology
  

A.M. Concurrent Sessions 
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.


Economic Dimensions of the Slave Trade – the Planter Class
Sugar Production
Curtis Price, author “The Itis Revealed”

Trans-Atlantic Human Trading and The Gambia’s Overflowing Significance
The presentation is a prelude to the upcoming exhibit of the same name at the museum
Wayne Young, Curator, "From These Shores," Juffureh Slavery Museum, The Gambia  
  

Prince George’s County Descendants of the Middle Passage I  
The Bowie Ancestors Project – University of Maryland
Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman, Dean, Department of Anthropology                     
Siobhan Summers, Faculty Specialist


Prince George’s County Descendants of the Middle Passage II
The Marietta House Museum – "They Left Their Fingerprints as Evidence"
Dr. Julia Rose, Historic Site Manager
Kathryn Wilmot, Scholar-in-Residence

 Lunch 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Registration includes continental breakfast, plated lunch, and reception hors d'oeuvres.



Marvin-Alonzo Greer
Lead Historic Interpretation, Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County

P.M. Concurrent Sessions
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.


Prince George’s County Descendants of the Middle Passage III
Enslaved of White Marsh and the Funding of Georgetown University and Subsequent Reparations
Irving Gaither, Historian

Prince George’s County Descendants of the Middle Passage IV

Turn the Light of Truth Upon Them: Stories of Repair and Remembrance at Riversdale
Maya Davis, Riversdale House Museum Historic Site Manager, Research Team
Kaili Lockbeam, Riverdale House Museum Historic, Assistant Director
Gina Lewis, Riverdale House Musuem Historic, Curatorial Interpretation Specialist

Cultural Dimensions of Slavery
Culinary Traditions
Marvin-Alonzo Greer
Lead Historic Interpretation, Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County
Black History and Culture Stitched into Quilts
Karen Hoggishness, Historian and Master Quilter

Reconciliation - Apologies from West Africa

Fatma Natasha Kamara Education Attache, Embassy of Sierra Leone


 


Dr. Robert Patterson

Georgetown University

P.M. Plenary Sessions and Community Conversations
2:15 p. m. – 4:00 p.m.

  
Maryland Reparation Commission – Senate Bill 587 - Community Conversation
Cheryl McLeod, Panel Moderator
Panelists:  
Dr. Robert Patterson, Georgetown University
Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture
Maryland State Delegate Althea McCaskill
Maryland State Delegate Gabriel Acevero

3:45 p. m.– 4:30 p.m.
Featured Speaker
A Hard Road to Freedom:  From Slavery to Emancipation in the state of Maryland  
Historian, lecturer, and author CR Gibbs


4:30p

Closing remarks, drawing, evaluations collected                              

 
African drummers

Malcolm X Dancers and Drummers

Interlude
4:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.


Information Tables, Vendors, Malcolm X Dancers and Drummers
African Drum Demonstration, and Regina’s Black Artifacts Pop-up Museum

Reception 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Registration includes continental breakfast, plated lunch, and reception hors d'oeuvres.

 
 REGISTRATION

Registration includes continental breakfast, plated lunch, and reception hors d'oeuvres.

Registration Fee: Ranging from $60 for registration and no parking to $80 for registration and all day parking.



 
 Contact Information:
sankofaimpact@gmail.com
Janis Hagey: 301-464-1326 or 240-460-5748
 
 
 
Sponsors
 
maryland humanities

Maryland Humanities



Port of Harlem magazine

Port of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership

 
prince george's county, md

Prince Georges' County Historic Preservation Commission



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