Dr. Morgan addressed a group of 40 students, faculty and community members on "Black Patriots and Enslaved Fugitives in Maryland During the American Revolution." His Power point presentation included excerpts of newspaper articles and advertisements published during the period. In addition to those primary sources his research included pension rolls that identified African-Americans who served as soldiers in the Revolution.
During his 60 minute address, he pointed out how the adjectives and adverbs used to describe Afro-American patriots illustrated that their fellow soldiers learned to respect and appreciate the valor and loyalty they displayed in battle.
Dr. Morgan currently serves as the Harry C. Black Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University.
The Ort Library owns three of his books: Black Experience and the Empire, Colonial Chesapeake Society and Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry.
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