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Purpose
Our purpose is to continue research, build public awareness, develop resources and teaching materials about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and advocate for the installation of a Middle Passage marker at Nottingham to commemorate our ancestral heritage.
Learn About the Middle Passage & Nottingham, MD
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Between 1501 and 1867, nearly 13 million African people were kidnapped, forced onto European and American ships, and trafficked across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved, abused, and forever separated from their homes, families, and cultures.
Coastal communities across the U.S. were permanently shaped by the trafficking of African people. New England, Boston, New York City, the Mid-Atlantic, Virginia, Richmond, the Carolinas, Charleston, Savannah, the Deep South, and New Orleans had local economies built around the enslavement of Black people. Few have acknowledged this history.
new report examines the economic legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which created generational wealth for Europeans and white Americans and introduced a racial hierarchy that continues to haunt our nation.
Nottingham, MD & The Middle Passage
Recent research findings authenticate nine British-flagged vessels that docked at Nottingham and Selby’s Landing in southern Prince George’s County, Maryland, between 1751 and 1771. Aboard were a total of 1826 enslaved Africans - Igbo, Kongo, Wolof - who had become unwilling migrants to Tidewater Maryland. These were the survivors. Three hundred and seven (307) perished, their bodies confined to the bloody, watery grave of the Atlantic Ocean.
Characterized by permanent displacement and denial of basic freedoms, it is a history that cannot be ignored. Prior to recently-acquired data found in the Transatlantic Slave Trade database, and other sources, limited information was known about the number, ethnicity, and port of origin of those first enslaved Africans who touched American soil in Prince George’s County on April 25, 1751 – a mere 55 years after the County was established by an Act of the Maryland General Assembly
Raising the profile of the Transatlantic slave trade and its economic, cultural, and political legacy is of paramount importance. Celebrating our ancestors, descendant communities and our cultural heritage is imperative.
The history and legacy of the slave trade in southern Prince George’s County is not widely known or well understood in our community. The Nottingham Middle Passage Remembrance Project (NMPRP) is taking steps to help all people understand the scope and scale of the devastation created by slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade’s influence on a range of contemporary issues.
Learn more about Nottingham, MD and Selby's Landing
Take a Virtual Tour of Selby's Landing
Selby’s Landing 17272 Croom Airport Rd, Upper Marlboro MD, 20772 Located at Jug Bay Natural Area