Annapolis announced it will place a marker at City Dock to commemorate the lives of enslaved Africans who were brought to the city on the Middle Passage, the city announced.
On Monday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated the city as one of five former ports of entry for the Middle Passage in Maryland. The designation is part of the Slave Route Project, which has identified dozens of former Middle Passage arrival sites nationwide, according to a city news release.
“It is an honor for Annapolis to be a designated UNESCO site,” Mayor Gavin Buckley said in a statement. “It is important for residents and visitors to be reminded of history.”
The marker will be placed at City Dock. The design and text will be determined after input from the community.
Markers will also be placed in Baltimore, Londontowne, the Historic Sotterley Plantation in St. Mary’s County.
