Noddle’s Island’s waysStill spill upon East BostonA legacy not forgot If someone rents an enslaved person, is that person also … More
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BLACK BETTY
Rising before dawn, She gathers wood, stokes the fire, Fills the kettle pot. I’ve had a hard life. It shouldn’t … More
BESS CORBETT, Gone But Not Forgotten
Revised 22 Sept. 2022 Bess Corbett enslaved Mother, Father, siblings too By the “good” doctor. You might never have heard … More
An Inventory of the Estate of John Corbett Late of Bellingham
An Inventory of the Estate of John Corbett late of Bellingham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, … More
ROSE AND ANDREW DEWNER
More research on local slavery … Rose saw Andrew rise Not in height but in stature When she rose with … More
DICK BRATTLE’S REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION
Transcription by Susan G. Elliott, 26 Aug 2022 To read the original manuscript, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54040531 “State of Vermont, District of Windsor … More
Dick Brattle’s Deposition in the Case of Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham, 16 Mass. 108, 15 Tyng 108 (1819), September 1819 at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Massachusetts Archives)
Transcription by Susan G. Elliott, 26 August 2022 The transcription follows the photos of the manuscript. I Dick Brattle of … More
THE ADVOCATE
“The Siege of Rhode Island.” Dick Brattle, soldier Conceived NOT in liberty Along the Charles Dick Brattle, a formerly enslaved … More
DR. JOHN CORBETT’S PROBATED ESTATE INVENTORY
Amariah Frost Deposition in the Case of “The Inhabitants of Milford, Massachusetts versus the Inhabitants of Bellingham, Massachusetts”
I Amariah Frost, formerly of Milford in the County of Worcester, but who, since the second Day of Nover Eighteen … More