Rising before dawn, She gathers wood, stokes the fire, Fills the kettle pot. I’ve had a hard life. It shouldn’t … More
Category: Enslaved New England
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
The “1850s Ladies” at the New Bedford Whaling Museum Claim Abolitionist Frederick Douglass as Neighbor
THE VIOLINIST WHO ESCAPED A RHODE ISLAND PLANTATION
Long before the advent of music in the virtual cloud, long before even vinyl records and wax cylinders, and sheet … 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