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Goucher College to memorialized enslaved persons, indigenous tribes who lived where campus now stands
Goucher College unveiled plans Friday to honor the enslaved peoples and displaced tribes who once inhabited the land where the college now resides. In 2018, the college started examining its history in East Towson, an effort that became the Hallowed Ground Project. Goucher students and faculty, archivists, and descendants of enslaved families and members of indigenous tribes who lived on the land met Friday at Goucher’s Descendant Engagement Symposium to share research updates. “It was very exciting to bring folks together who are doing similar work in other places to...