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Memorial Episcopal Church removes plaques of slave-owning founders

There s been much talk about institutions and businesses doing their part to address racism. A west Baltimore church is beginning a journey to understand its past and atone for the men and women their founding rectors and families enslaved. The Memorial Episcopal Church started its journey in 2017. It wasn t until one of its current leaders revealed her own family had been enslaved that their efforts picked up momentum. I think about the resilience of my folks, how they survived with the work and the labor, said the Rev. Natalie Conway, deacon of Memorial Episcopal Church in Bolton Hill.Conway recounted finding out that her great-great-grandmother, Harriett Cromwell, was enslaved at the Hampton National Historic Site, formerly Hampton Plantation in Towson off Dulaney Valley Road. They called her Hattie, and when she was manumitted in 1828, she had a 1-year-old son with her who was able to go with her. Anyone 2 and up had to stay here, Conway said.Anyone up to age 35 in othe

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