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Arabber Preservation Society Home Page

('Arabbing' is a term used to describe the activities of a group of small scale entrepreneurs -- mostly Black and male -- who for more decades than anyone can remember have hired horses and carts to carry a variety of food items to the neighborhoods of Baltimore. -- from a 1994 editoiral in the Baltimore Afro-American).

Activities of the Arabber Preservation Society, submitted October 1996

As historic arabbing stables fall to urban renewal, help is needed to provide alternative facilities. - - Become a member in the Arabber Preservation Society. Also, join our Build-A-Stall Program! Wouldn't it be cool to have your name on brass plaque in a horse's stall?

Mission, History, and Activity Projections of the Arabber Preservation Society

Quotes and Bibliography on Arabbing

Plea to Save Arabbers


E-mail address for the Arabber Preservation Society: arabbers@flora.com


Ask Mayor Kurt Schmoke <mayor@epfl2.epflbalto.org> to facilitate the preservation of the Arabbing African -American folk tradition.

Mayor Kurt Schmoke, 250 City Hall, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Phone: 410-396-3100 (ask for the Mayor's office); Fax: 410-576-9425


Contemporary Images of Arabbing.

Produce Cart on Street. (27K)
Young Arabber with horse. (26K)
Brother of young Arabber sitting on cart.(27K)

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