and its surrounding farmland on the eastern farmland. the farm and the house at the farm itself had a name, a fitting name. it was called mount misery. about 15 years ago now, a literature professor wrote a very thoughtful piece in the baltimore sun newspaper suggesting a new future for mount misery, suggesting that the united states of america should consider buying mount misery to make it a commemorative site. he argued, would not the most fitting outcome for mount misery be as a monument or museum wherein a key moment from the country s past can find a rightful place in the country s history. the fight between slave and slave breaker that took place there is emblematic of two of the themes of american history, the horrors of legally sanctioned racial violence and
what he meant by that is that the farm was on the far side of chesapeake bay, the far side of chesapeake bay from the mainland of maryland. edward covey s farm, his slave breaking operation which he tortured frederick douglass and countless others was this house. and its surrounding farmland on the eastern farmland. the farm and the house at the farm itself had a name, a fitting name. it was called mount misery. about 15 years ago now, a literature professor wrote a very thoughtful piece in the baltimore sun newspaper, suggesting a new future for mount misery, suggesting that the united states of america should consider buying mount misery to make it a commemorative site. he argued, would not the most fitting outcome for mount misery be as a monument or museum wherein a key moment from the country s past can find its rightful place in the country s history. the fight between slave and slave breaker that took place there is emblematic of two of the el mental themes of american history