{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Poet uses runaway slave ads to tell a story of resistance","publication_date":"November 29, 2020","summary":"St. Mary's College of Maryland unveiled a new memorial this month honoring the lives of enslaved people of southern Maryland, including some who lived on the very land their campus is on. Seattle-based poet and educator Quenton Baker contributed poetry to the memorial, including the following poem, which uses old ads for runaway slaves to tell the story of resistance.","author_name":"By Connie Kargbo, Lisa Overton","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/11\/17ee0c4669e0432fad549e506497a00d-IMG_20201104_163642-1-1.jpg"}