Belair-at-Bowie Flight to Freedom: About


In May of 2006, then City of Bowie Museums Director, Stephen Patrick, proposed working with the Maryland State Archives Study of the Legacy of Slavery Department to explore the interrelationship of religion, politics and the lives of free and enslaved Blacks in Bowie. It was titled, Belair At Bowie Flight to Freedom. Designed as an independent and also a complementary study to the Archives' Beneath the Underground: the Flight to Freedom and the Communities of Antebellum Maryland project, Director Patrick subsequently sought and was awarded a grant to fund the project from the National Park Service Network to Freedom Program. Change in City of Bowie Museums management personnel postponed the initiation of the project until the spring of 2008. The website officially debuted on Friday, April 03, 2009, to honor the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King on this date in 1968. For questions and comments regarding Belair at Bowie Flight to Freedom please contact the Maryland State Archives Belair at Bowie Flight to Freedom at blkbowie@mdsa.net. Credits: Belair At Bowie Flight to Freedom Directors Chris Haley, Project Director, Maryland State Archives Emily Oland Squires, Director of Research and Student Outreach Research and Support Ryan Cox, Research Archivist Maya Davis, Research Archivist John Gartrell, Research Archivist Web Design and Programming Kara Carter, Webmaster Ashley Dyjack, Intern Dedication The Belair At Bowie Flight to Freedom project is dedicated to the late City of Bowie Museums Director, Stephen Patrick, who originated the idea of this study and initiated the partnership with the Maryland State Archives. Special thanks to Jesse Buggs, City Grant Administrator, for seeing the project through and ensuring its completion. Grants "This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior."

In May of 2006, then City of Bowie Museums Director, Stephen Patrick, proposed working with the Maryland State Archives Study of the Legacy of Slavery Department to explore the interrelationship of religion, politics and the lives of free and enslaved Blacks in Bowie. It was titled, Belair At Bowie Flight to Freedom. Designed as an independent and also a complementary study to the Archives' Beneath the Underground: the Flight to Freedom and the Communities of Antebellum Maryland project, Director Patrick subsequently sought and was awarded a grant to fund the project from the National Park Service Network to Freedom Program. Change in City of Bowie Museums management personnel postponed the initiation of the project until the spring of 2008. The website officially debuted on Friday, April 03, 2009, to honor the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King on this date in 1968.

For questions and comments regarding Belair at Bowie Flight to Freedom please contact the Maryland State Archives Belair at Bowie Flight to Freedom at blkbowie@mdsa.net.

Credits: Belair At Bowie Flight to Freedom

Directors

Chris Haley, Project Director, Maryland State Archives
Emily Oland Squires, Director of Research and Student Outreach

Research and Support

Ryan Cox, Research Archivist
Maya Davis, Research Archivist
John Gartrell, Research Archivist

Web Design and Programming

Kara Carter, Webmaster
Ashley Dyjack, Intern

Dedication

The Belair At Bowie Flight to Freedom project is dedicated to the late City of Bowie Museums Director, Stephen Patrick, who originated the idea of this study and initiated the partnership with the Maryland State Archives. Special thanks to Jesse Buggs, City Grant Administrator, for seeing the project through and ensuring its completion.

Grants

"This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior."