COPELAND: African American museums help preserve an often ignored history
By Jacqueline Copeland, The Baltimore Sun (TNS) An 1808 Certificate of Freedom for “Negro Betsey,” a slave who lived in Frederick, Maryland. Harriet Tubman’s Bible and the shawl given to her by Queen Victoria. Emmett Till’s casket. These artifacts could be found in any historical museum in the United States. But these authentic objects are part of the collections of African American museums in Baltimore