WHAT’S IN A NAME ? When your name is Quâcoo, plenty. Quâcoo came to my attention in a will left … More
Category: Enslaved New England
NANNY “BAXTER” OF MEDFIELD
“Enslaved Girl” collage “To her private life Only a few were privy. A life lost and found.” Nanny’s days were … More
Newport Green to Sabin Mann, 1788, Medfield, Massachusetts, Real Estate Bill of Sale, Transcription.
Companion piece to “Busy as a (Green) Nailer“ [GRANTOR: Newport Green; GRANTEE: Sabin Mann Esqr and Francis Hamant Yeoman, fifteen … More
Benjamin Callander to Newport Green and Warwick Green, 1782, Medfield, Massachusetts Bill of Sale, Transcription
Companion to “Busy as a Green Nailer.” [GRANTOR: Benjamin Callender of Medfield, Massachusetts, silvesmith; GRANTEE: Newport & Warrick Green, nailers; … More
BUSY AS A “GREEN” NAILER
[Portrait of Isaac Jefferson (1775-c.1850), Tinsmith, blacksmith and nailer, Enslaved artisan at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello (Unattributed)] Excerpt from “THE ROSEHEAD … More
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
THE ADVOCATE
“The Siege of Rhode Island.” Dick Brattle, soldier Conceived NOT in liberty Along the Charles Dick Brattle, a formerly enslaved … 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
THE BURDENS OF BESS CORBETT
What do you see outside your window? How far back in time can you travel? From my early to middle … More