Companion piece to “Busy as a (Green) Nailer“ [GRANTOR: Newport Green; GRANTEE: Sabin Mann Esqr and Francis Hamant Yeoman, fifteen … More
Tag: Slavery
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
Enslaved and For Hire
Noddle’s Island’s waysStill spill upon East BostonA legacy not forgot If someone rents an enslaved person, is that person also … 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
ROSE AND ANDREW DEWNER
More research on local slavery … Rose saw Andrew rise Not in height but in stature When she rose with … More
WHAT WOULD HAGAR DO?
“Hagar of Haverhill, Massachusetts.” 2021, Erin Elsey, eeaart.com Today’s essay is illustrated by the artist, Erin Elsey of Killingly, Connecticut … 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
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
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
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