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View of the yard and exterior of the Slatter/Campbell Slave Jail where human traffickers/slave dealers imprisoned people who were to be sold into slavery. The prison was located in a building at 224-228 Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland, and operated from about 1838 until around the time the Baltimore slave jails were closed on July…

Slatter-Campbell Slave Jail

Description

View of the yard and exterior of the Slatter/Campbell Slave Jail where human traffickers/slave dealers imprisoned people who were to be sold into slavery. The prison was located in a building at 224-228 Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland, and operated from about 1838 until around the time the Baltimore slave jails were closed on July 24, 1863.

First opened by Hope Hall Slatter, of Georgia, the Jail was later sold to Bernard Moore Campbell. Campbell lived on one end of the property during some of his operation of the site, while imprisoning victims of the chattel slave trade on the other.

Creator

Date

1910-10-24

Contributor(s)

Dimensions

7.5 x 9.5 inches

Object ID

CC2872.2

Extent

1 print (from group of 3)

Catalog Number

CC2872

Resource ID

9229

Notes

This collection is part of the larger Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, transferred to the Maryland Historical Society (now Maryland Center for History and Culture) in 1998.

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.