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Join us on Thursday, November 12 for Interconnected Legacies, where descendants of enslaved Africans and white enslaving families in Northern New England discuss unfreedom, resistance, and their interconnected American legacies.
Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm | Online
Prince Whipple, a man stolen from Africa, was enslaved by William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. On November 12, 1779, Prince Whipple, together with 19 other men of African origin, signed a Petition for Freedom requesting their collective emancipation from the New Hampshire Assembly.
Eight generations later, Laurel Guild Yancey and Tonya Ward Singer, descendants of Prince Whipple and the white Whipple and Moffatt families, come together in conversation about their interconnected legacies, past and present, and the ways these histories live on today.
In the spirit of Sankofa, Laurel and Tonya explore such questions as: What can we learn by returning to the past? What do we do with what we find? What do we carry forward from reckoning with past injustice? How do we bring light to interconnected histories of slavery in ways that contribute to healing? Who tells the story? Who benefits? What practices are essential to addressing omissions and centering the full humanity and contributions of people who were enslaved? What legacies will we pass to future generations?
Will this talk be recorded? I don’t think I can make this time but would love to still see it