Since its colonial founding in the1760’s, Fell’s Point as Baltimore’s first deep water port, has been home to a diverse population including both free and enslaved blacks who found employment in the thriving maritime industries that made the city an international shipping destination. To commemorate the 220th Anniversary of the incorporation of Fell’s Point with its adjacent colonial neighbors of Jones Town & Baltimore Town into Baltimore City, THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY is presenting a FREE LECTURE SERIES consisting of four speakers who will highlight the history of the African-American Community, its contributions in defining its place in the development of Fell’s Point as the port of Baltimore and its associations with the historic row of 18th century timber framed houses on S. Wolfe St. All lectures will take place on Thursday evenings beginning at 7:00 pm at the Lucretia B. Fisher Visitor Center located at 1724 Thames Street. (a reception will follow each lecture) For further information, log onto www.PreservationSociety.com or contact The Preservation Society at 410-675-6750.

Lecture 4: Thursday, November 9, 2017

- Dr. Ira Berlin, Professor, University of Maryland, a Frederick Douglass scholar, speaking on Douglass' life during his early years in Fell's Point.

ABOUT THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

The Preservation Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) historic preservation membership organization serving Baltimore's two oldest maritime communities - Federal Hill and Fell's Point. The Preservation Society was founded in 1967 to stop the proposed extension of I-95 across the Inner Harbor, which led to both communities being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Society continues to this day operating for charitable and educational purposes in the renewal and preservation of both Fell's Point and Federal Hill as areas of particular historical and architectural significance for the benefit, education and appreciation of the general public.