About the Program
The Chesapeake Bay region is an unparalleled classroom for studying the history of American slavery, abolition, and emancipation. C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience director Adam Goodheart and program manager Kees de Mooy, with assistance from Delaware State University history professor Alexa Cawley, delved deeply into the region’s past to conceive, design, and administer an intensive seminar rooted in studying history through exploring the places in which it took shape. Funded entirely by a prestigious Teaching American History (TAH) grant from the U.S. Department of Education, A Chesapeake Journey: From Slavery to Freedom attracted significant interest from teachers across the Eastern Shore. The eight ultimately chosen to participate, selected through a highly competitive application process, served as informal mentors and “voices of experience” for the group’s four outstanding student members. The trip was the capstone program of the Washington’s Legacy Project, a TAH grant jointly sponsored by the C.V. Starr Center, the Kent County Public Schools, Sultana Projects, Inc., and the Washington College Department of Education.
A Chesapeake Journey: From Slavery to Freedom