An event presented by the Preservation Society of Newport County May 16, 2024, 6:00pm – 7:00pm Rosecliff548 Bellevue AveNewport, RI 02840 Live at Rosecliff and via Zoom video conference. Please arrive at Rosecliff in time to be seated for the lecture. Virtual attendees will receive Zoom link 24 hours in advance. During the Gilded Age, … Continue reading Newport Mansions Event | Am I Not a Man and a Woman: The Rise of African Heritage Political Identity in Gilded Age Rhode Island on 5/16/24
Crossing the Waters Event | Mothers Speak | Healing the Wounds of Slavery: reflections and calls to action on 5/3/24
Mothers Speak is hosted by Crossing the Waters Institute for Cultural Exchange Friday, May 3, 2024 6 - 8 PMGreat Hall at Codman Square Health Center6 Norfolk Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02124 Register here Black Mothers have the first and final say on what the impact of the enduring presence of slavery is. The Louis D. Brown … Continue reading Crossing the Waters Event | Mothers Speak | Healing the Wounds of Slavery: reflections and calls to action on 5/3/24
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Recovering Black History: A Workshop on 4/17/24
Hosted by Partnership of Historic Bostons How do you find out about Black families in your town? Historians Jennifer Carroll and Michelle Stahl show us how to un-erase Black history Wednesday, April 17 · 7:00 - 8:30pm EDT Register here The overflowing multitude of documents, photographs and artifacts in the archives of two local history … Continue reading Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Recovering Black History: A Workshop on 4/17/24
Marblehead Museum Event | Resisting Slavery in Marblehead, with G. Patrick O’Brien on 4/4/24
Hosted by the Marblehead Museum Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 7:00 pm on Zoom$10 Members / $15 Public CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS G. Patrick O'Brien, an assistant professor at the University of Tampa, will host this Zoom lecture on his research into resisting slavery in colonial Marblehead. This lecture explores the life of Flora Lee, … Continue reading Marblehead Museum Event | Resisting Slavery in Marblehead, with G. Patrick O’Brien on 4/4/24
ABB Speaker Series Event | Nantucket: Place of Enslavement and Refuge from Slavery on 3/27/24
Hosted by Atlantic Black Box Atlantic World Connections Online Speaker Series Wednesday, March 27, 2024 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm Register here ABB's Atlantic World Connections speaker series continues with a conversation between researchers Frances Karttunen and Barbara Ann White on Nantucket as a place of both enslavement and refuge from slavery. Local researchers Frances Karttunen and Barbara … Continue reading ABB Speaker Series Event | Nantucket: Place of Enslavement and Refuge from Slavery on 3/27/24
Partnership of Historic Bostons Events | Recovering Black History in New England on 3/27 and 4/17
Hosted by Partnership of Historic Bostons What happens when people are made invisible? Can they be brought back to life, at least in historical memory? Register here Find out how to recover untold stories in this two-part series, Recovering Black History in New England, on Wednesday, March 27, and Wednesday, April 17, both on Zoom from … Continue reading Partnership of Historic Bostons Events | Recovering Black History in New England on 3/27 and 4/17
ABB Event Today | From the Margins: Massachusetts in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1644-1865 at 4pm
Hosted by Atlantic Black Box Atlantic World Connections Speaker Series Featuring Dr. Sean M. KelleyProfessor in the Department of History, University of Essex Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 4:00 pm ET on zoom Register here A total of 305,000 enslaved Africans arrived in the New World aboard American vessels over a span of two hundred … Continue reading ABB Event Today | From the Margins: Massachusetts in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1644-1865 at 4pm
ABB Speaker Series Launch with Dr. Sean Kelley on Massachusetts in the Slave Trade on 2/28 at 4pm
Hosted by Atlantic Black Box Atlantic World Connections Speaker Series FROM THE MARGINS Massachusetts in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1644-1865 Presented by Dr. Sean M. KelleyProfessor in the Department of History, University of Essex Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 4:00 pm ET on zoom Register here A total of 305,000 enslaved Africans arrived in the … Continue reading ABB Speaker Series Launch with Dr. Sean Kelley on Massachusetts in the Slave Trade on 2/28 at 4pm
Historic Hudson Valley Webinars for Teachers | Teaching Northern Slavery, March 5-19
The Education Department at Historic Hudson Valley will host a series of webinars in March in which teachers from across the country will share experiences and strategies for teaching the history of Northern Slavery. Educators will learn tangible skills to use with their students as well as receive flexible lesson plans for a variety of … Continue reading Historic Hudson Valley Webinars for Teachers | Teaching Northern Slavery, March 5-19
Maine Historical Society Event | Maine and the West Indies Trade with Seth Goldstein on 2/22/24
Hosted by the Maine Historical Society Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 7:00 pm ET Register here Seth Goldstein researches the economic ties between Maine and the luxury-producing plantations of the West Indies. In this talk, Goldstein will explore the various commodities, such as lumber, draft animals, and salt cod, that Maine supplied to West Indian … Continue reading Maine Historical Society Event | Maine and the West Indies Trade with Seth Goldstein on 2/22/24
Event | Northern Slavery Collective Conference on 2/5/24
February 5th, 2024 Hybrid event: TD Bank Conference Center at 1 Vanderbilt NYC, and online Learn more and register here The Northern Slavery Collective will hold its second annual conference focused on museum education related to enslavement in the North. Experts in the field will share their insights and experiences on how museums can effectively … Continue reading Event | Northern Slavery Collective Conference on 2/5/24
MCV Event | Lydia Maria Child: A Radical Model for Sustainable Activism on 1/26/24
With Author Lydia Moland Hosted by Maine Conservation Voters Friday, January 26 ⋅ 12-1:00 PM Register here Lydia Maria Child was one of the nineteenth century’s most radical reformers. Born in 1802, she renounced early fame as a novelist in order to devote her life to ending slavery and the racism that sustained it. Her fifty … Continue reading MCV Event | Lydia Maria Child: A Radical Model for Sustainable Activism on 1/26/24
Advocacy | Turn out for today’s public hearing on LD 2001 to strengthen African American Studies education in Maine
The public hearing for LD 2001 "An Act to Establish the African American Studies Advisory Council and Require Funding for African American Studies" takes place at 1:00 pm today, Thursday 1/11/24 at the State House in Augusta, Maine. What the bill does: Establishes a permanent advisory commission to be housed in Maine's Department of Education whose … Continue reading Advocacy | Turn out for today’s public hearing on LD 2001 to strengthen African American Studies education in Maine
Maine Conservation Voters Event | “Intent to make them slaves”: Enslaved Africans in Maine and Their Resistance in the Mid-19th Century on 1/12
Hosted by Maine Conservation Voters Friday, January 12, 12-1:00 p.m. ET Register here Maine vessels, seamen, merchants, and investors were heavily engaged in the foreign illegal slave trade by the 1830s. Dr. Kate McMahon, of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, joins us to discuss three cases: ship Transit (1838), brig Dunlap (1838), and brig Porpoise (1845). This talk … Continue reading Maine Conservation Voters Event | “Intent to make them slaves”: Enslaved Africans in Maine and Their Resistance in the Mid-19th Century on 1/12
ABB Place Justice Event | Problematic Place Names in Maine & How to Make Positive Change on 12/14/23
Place names communicate powerful ideas about who belongs and what matters. Here in Maine, problematic names abound. Learn what we can do about them. Hosted by Atlantic Black Box and the Permanent Commission on the STatus of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations Thursday, December 14, 20245:30 - 7:00 pmonline Register here Place names have a … Continue reading ABB Place Justice Event | Problematic Place Names in Maine & How to Make Positive Change on 12/14/23
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Enslaved Christians: Black Church Members in the Era of Cotton Mather on 11/30/23
Hosted by the Partnership of Historic Bostons Thursday, November 30, 7-8:30pm Register here Christianity and slavery were linked in colonial New England. Richard Boles explores the experiences of Black and Native people If any "Negro-servants" should "Run away from their Masters," Cotton Mather wrote in 1693,"we will afford them no Shelter.... We will do what in us lies, … Continue reading Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Enslaved Christians: Black Church Members in the Era of Cotton Mather on 11/30/23
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Stolen Relations: Centuries of Native Enslavement in the Americas on 11/15/23
Hosted by Partnership of Historic Bostons Join this panel of Native leaders and historians as they reveal the extent - and human cost - of the enslavement of millions in the Americas Wednesday, November 15 · 6 - 7:30pm ESTRabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library700 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 Register here The event will also … Continue reading Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Stolen Relations: Centuries of Native Enslavement in the Americas on 11/15/23
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Origin Stories: The Pequot War and Indigenous Enslavement in New England with Margaret Newell on 11/1/23
Part of the Enslavement & Resistance: New England 1620-1760 Series hosted by Partnership of Historic Bostons with support from Mass Humanities From its very first years, Massachusetts was bound to slavery. How did it begin, who was enslaved, what were their lives like? Join award-winning historians and Tribal representatives for a revelation of our bitter … Continue reading Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Origin Stories: The Pequot War and Indigenous Enslavement in New England with Margaret Newell on 11/1/23
Topsfield Historical Society Event | Reading the Revolution, a book discussion on Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in Bondage on 11/15/23
Hosted by the Topsfield Historical Society Wednesday, November 15 at 7:30pmOn zoom Register here ZOOM BOOK DISCUSSION Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in BondageBy Vincent Carretta And can I then but prayOthers may never feel tyrannic sway? While the Boston Patriots claimed that the British Empire was treating Americans as slaves, Phillis Wheatley, … Continue reading Topsfield Historical Society Event | Reading the Revolution, a book discussion on Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in Bondage on 11/15/23
Tonight! Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Built from Bondage: Slavery and the Colonisation of New England, 1620-1700 with Jared Hardesty
Part of the Enslavement & Resistance: New England 1620-1760 Series hosted by Partnership of Historic Bostons with support from Mass Humanities From its very first years, Massachusetts was bound to slavery. How did it begin, who was enslaved, what were their lives like? Join award-winning historians and Tribal representatives for a revelation of our bitter … Continue reading Tonight! Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Built from Bondage: Slavery and the Colonisation of New England, 1620-1700 with Jared Hardesty