EP4: Shawn Gladden on the Baltimore Caulkers
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Bill Barry interviews historian Shawn Gladden on Baltimore's free Black ship caulkers — skilled workers who built one of the most effective labor unions in 19C America. The conversation covers the racial and economic landscape of 19C Baltimore, including the legacies of Frederick Douglass and Isaac Myers.
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