JEMBO

If you have a romanticized idea about colonial taverns, leave those thoughts  at the old inn’s front doorstep. You will … More

The Little Person of the Wayside Inn

Drawing from Adrian Covert’s “Taverns of the American Revolution, I learned that Benjamin Franklin was critical of inns and taverns. … More

A Research Companion to the Article, Black Colonial Coopers

Here you will find the newspaper articles and advertisements that I transcribed in research for the previous article, Black Colonial … More

QUEEN NANNY AND THE BIELSKI BROTHERS

What comes to mind when you hear the word, maroon? Is it a color? A dark red? Well, yes. But, … More

HAGER AND THE CONNECTICUT CHEESE FACTORY

Usually, we think only in terms of enslaved people, molasses, and rum when referring to the Atlantic trade routes of … More

INDIAN CORN LULLABY

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Shakespeare was a man for all seasons, but … More

ENSLAVED JERSEY GENDER BENDER

They were born enslaved on a mountain top but never stepped away from a fight. They were beaten so severely … More

DOCTOR JOHN CORBETT’S PROBATED INVENTORY AND TRANSCRIPTION (Source Material for “The Burdens of Bess Corbett”)

An Inventory of the Estate of John Corbett late of Bellingham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, … More

HEROIC HAGAR OF HAVERHILL

“Black people have been here before us and survived. We can read their lives like signposts on the road and … More