SLAVERY IN THE NORTH (AND BOSTON)

Thursday, April 9, 1:00-2:00 pm – Join historian Dr. Tess Bundy for a lecture and discussion of the history of slavery in the North and more specifically in Boston. Despite what many of us have been taught, slavery was hugely important outside the South. Not only did enslaved people live in the northern colonies and states, but the institution of slavery had key and long-lasting impacts on the northern economy and politics. The talk will include an overview of the history of African enslavement in the United States and the key turning points in its 400 year history. We will also discuss the lives of enslaved people in the North, how the North profited from slavery, and the ways that the North supported slavery in the South. We will also address the specific impacts that the institution of slavery and enslaved and formerly enslaved people had on the city of Boston. We will conclude with a discussion of why it is important to know and teach this history of slavery in the North.

Please register at 617-730-2770.