November 5th, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Hosted by Hidden Brookline
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This lively 90-minute tour visits three sites to tell the history and stories of slavery and freedom. We begin at Town Hall where participants look for evidence of slavery that is hidden, but in plain sight. The walk continues to an Underground Railroad house to hear the story of a person sheltered here after a daring escape to freedom. Justice seekers Black & white are highlighted. The walk ends with a story of restorative justice at the Old Burying Ground on Walnut St. While the walk isn’t strenuous, participants can easily drive the distances from Town Hall to the 2 sites on Walnut Street.
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In case you’ve only heard about our walking tours…
HIDDEN BROOKLINE does much more
in this past year we have
Researched Brookline’s Thomas Perkins’ slave trading & opium smuggling– & on the Boston institutions that sanitize him
Persuaded the Perkins School for the Blind to stop sanitizing Perkins on their website
Served on advisory committees for
- Faneuil Hall (re slavery)
- Revolutionary Act (re suffragists, such as Florida Ruffin Ridley)
- Jamaica Plain (re organizing on slavery & freedom)
- Brookline Preservation Commission (re slave traders) Heath School (history)
Given talks at:
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- History Cambridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdkdKhH3gU4 (30 min)
- Heath School
- Coolidge Corner Library staff
Led 7 Walking Tours for students or adults
