“Hagar of Haverhill, Massachusetts.” 2021, Erin Elsey, eeaart.com Today’s essay is illustrated by the artist, Erin Elsey of Killingly, Connecticut…
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…
MINISTERING TO THE INDIANS
As many observed Thanksgiving last Thursday, it is important to remember that the original was not celebratory for the Native…
Frederick Douglass’ New Bedford Neighbors
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass received the first coin he got to keep for work performed in New Bedford, Massachusetts after escaping…
A REVOLUTION PUT BY THE WAYSIDE
“As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in the old Colonial day, When men…
What Intolerable Acts These Intolerable Acts!
After what came to be known as the Intolerable Acts by Patriots passed Parliament in 1774, Boston Harbor was shut,…
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,…
The “1850s Ladies” at the New Bedford Whaling Museum Claim Abolitionist Frederick Douglass as Neighbor
BLACK COLONIAL COOPERS
The meat barrel that saved Hagar’s life* by her hiding behind it may have been made by yet another enslaved…
THE MANY BATTLES OF JAMES ARTICULES
James Articules, a man of color, was paid to serve in place of Medfield’s Henry Harding during the Revolutionary War.…