id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-7702 Higgins, Pamela A luxury of libraries: Baltimore libraries and special collections 2006-11-01 5 .pdf application/pdf 2905 166 57 African American collections Just prior to the Civil War, Baltimore had the highest population of free blacks in the country, although Maryland was a slave state. Special libraries abound as well, with intriguing collections as eclectic as the city itself. cache/crln-7702.pdf txt/crln-7702.txt