Logbook from the Slave Ship Mary: A New Lease on Life

The logbook from the Slave Ship Mary, which was recently donated to Georgetown University Library, provides a poignant and valuable insight into the Atlantic slave trade. In this video, Georgetown History Professor Adam Rothman discusses the logbook and its value, and Mary Beth Corrigan, manuscripts consultant in the Library's Booth Family Center for Special Collections, discusses how the logbook came to Georgetown and how the library is working to preserve it.