In this session, storyteller Antonio Rocha will be joined by Dr. Kate McMahon, Historian of Global Slavery at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum. Together, they will tell the story of the Malaga and reflect on the ways in which historians and artists can collaborate to create new forms of healing and justice through artistic creation.
Maine Historical Society Event | Black Salts: Black sailors in Maine and New England on 2/13
Cushing’s Point Museum director Seth Goldstein will discuss the fundamental role of African heritage sailors in regional history and will examine why the jobs of mariners and shore-related occupations such as longshoremen were important for individuals of African heritage.
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Event | The Harlem African Burial Ground: History Beneath Our Feet on 2/12
Hosted by Dyckman FarmHouse Museum Alliance February 12, 2025 at 12:00 pm ETOnline REGISTER HERE As a cemetery for free and enslaved Africans from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, the Harlem African Burial Ground is a sacred site of New York City’s early history, and yet for decades the site was forgotten and disrespected. Through … Continue reading Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Event | The Harlem African Burial Ground: History Beneath Our Feet on 2/12
Trent House Event | Escaping Enslavement by Water: The Other Underground Railroad on 2/9
Hosted by William Trent House Museum February 9, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. ETOnline Learn More & Access zoom link The Trent House Association hosts a talk by Dr. Timothy Walker, professor of history at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, based on his edited volume, Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad. Sailing to Freedom highlights little-known … Continue reading Trent House Event | Escaping Enslavement by Water: The Other Underground Railroad on 2/9
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Event | New Research on Enslavement in Upper Manhattan on 2/5
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum pursues its commitment to telling a complete history of the site, sharing recent discoveries by researcher Ramin Ganeshram.
Simmons Center Event @ Brown | A More Just Curriculum Launch on 1/29
Join Brown's Simmons Center team in launching a curriculum designed to provide K–12 teachers and students with resources that foreground the histories and experiences of the Dawnland’s (New England’s) Indigenous and African-descended communities.
LCHA Event | The “Help” from Hampton: In service at the Pownalborough Court House 1872-1892 on 2/27
Hosted by Lincoln County Historical Association With researcher James Tanzer February 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm ESTOnline REGISTER HERE For 20 years, from 1872-1892, an aging Sallie and Captain Sam Goodwin, owners of the Pownalborough Court House in Dresden, Maine, relied heavily on the housekeeping and farm labor of four young Black workers from Hampton, Virginia: … Continue reading LCHA Event | The “Help” from Hampton: In service at the Pownalborough Court House 1872-1892 on 2/27
ABB Event | Doors of Return: Recovering and Reclaiming Black New England Histories on 1/22
Dr. Akeia de Barros Gomes, Director of the Center for Black History at the Newport Historical Society will discuss how global travel, archaeological work, and anthropological fieldwork helped to shape her history-making as a scholar and museum professional.
Osher Map Library Event | Mapping Memory and History: A Dialogue between Billy Gérard Frank’s Palimpsest and Indigo: Entanglements on 2/6/25
Osher Map Library hosts acclaimed artist and filmmaker Billy Gérard Frank. Frank will discuss his Indigo: Entanglements series of paintings and screen his 2022 Venice Biennale short film, Palimpsest: Tales Spun from the Sea and Memory (the film's New England premiere).
Maine Historical Society Event | A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin on 1/23/24
Join author Susanna Ashton for a talk on her book A Plausible Man, a historical detective story of Jackson’s remarkable flight from slavery to freedom, his quest to liberate his enslaved family, and his emergence as an international advocate for abolition.
Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative: Progress to Date and the Year Ahead on 1/8/24
Hosted by the Slave Legacy History Coalition Wednesday, January 8, 202510:30-11:30 AM ESTOnline Dr. Sara Naomi BleichVice Provost for Special Projects, Harvard University Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative: Progress to Date and the Year Ahead Join Event Dr. Sara Bleich is the inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University, Professor of Public … Continue reading Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative: Progress to Date and the Year Ahead on 1/8/24
MHS Event | We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance
In her book We Refuse, historian Kellie Carter Jackson examines the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, particularly those pioneered by Black women. In conversation with Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Carter Jackson will discuss force alongside other vital tactics that have shaped the Black struggle.
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | “Petition after Petition”: Boston’s Black Freemasons Fight for Freedom – tonight
In 1641 the Puritan commonwealth voted for the Body of Liberties and, in it, recognized inherent, natural rights for all free white men. Nearly 150 years later, Black Bostonians, members of the Freemasons' African Lodge No. 1 , petitioned the Massachusetts state government.
Website Launch: Reimagining New England Histories K-12 Curriculum Project
Brown University's Simmons Center launches an Educator’s Guide for Teaching about Historical Injustice, Sovereignty, and Freedom in the Dawnland (New England)
ABB/WHERE Event: The Descendants Walk in York on 11/16/24
This Saturday, join us in experiencing the town of York in a new and powerful way—as the Descendants all of us are. We'll warm up over homemade soup and bread and watch a rending performance by Antonio Rocha that will open a discussion about what happened here, what each of us carries in our lineages, and what it all might mean for us today.
Book Release | In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World
This powerful collection of essays brought to life with more than 150 illustrations investigates the intertwined legacies of slavery, freedom, and capitalism. In Slavery’s Wake frames the history of slavery in a global context to show how it created systems of oppression that continue to shape the world today.
ABB Atlantic World Connections Event | Dr. Seth Rockman on Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery 10/23
The industrializing North and the agricultural South—that’s how we have been taught to think about the United States in the early 19th century. But in doing so, we miss slavery’s long reach into small New England communities, just as we fail to see the role of Northern manufacturing in shaping the terrain of human bondage in the South. Join us Wednesday for an introduction to Dr. Rockman's forthcoming book.
David Chesnut’s Library
By Eleanor Martinez-Proctor Research Fellow, Historic New England This post is a follow-up to research done on David Chesnut in 2022. See post, "Researching Black Histories from the Eustis Estate: Notes on Process." In 1903, David Chesnut Jr. was several years into his position at the Eustis Estate in Milton, working as a coachman alongside … Continue reading David Chesnut’s Library
Walking Tour Event | Brookline’s Hidden History of Slavery and Freedom on 10/27/24
This lively 90-minute tour visits three sites to tell the history and stories of slavery and freedom in Brookline, MA.
Brown University Event | Slavery & Legacy Community Walking Tour
In the eighteenth century, racial slavery permeated every aspect of social and economic life in Rhode Island. The Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice’s Slavery and Legacy Walking Tour invites guests to learn about the history and legacy of slavery as it pertains to Brown University and the state of Rhode Island.