Presentations 

Panel Recording: 

Jeanne Pickering, Topsfield Historical Society

Pam Ellis, Natick Nipmuc Indian Council

Toni Waldron, Royall House and Slave Quarters Museum

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Jeanne Pickering

“claimed their freedom” How enslaved people brought freedom to Massachusetts

During the Revolutionary Era, enslaved people claimed their own freedom through court suits, joining the Army, running away and simply claiming their freedom. Through their actions, they expanded the Revolutionary talk of political freedom to personal freedom. Here are a few of their stories of their actions in Essex County.

Presented by Jeanne Pickering, MA History, Salem State University, NorthShoreSlavery.org, and VP of the Topsfield Historical Society.

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Additional resources (NorthShore Slavery) click here. 

Pam Ellis

The Revolutionary War and Indigenous Peoples of Massachusetts.

Slide Show click here. 

Toni Waldron

The pedagogical approach taken by an anti-racists educator as it applies to the stories told and programs at Royall House and Slave Quarters (Medford) and the Cape Ann Museum (Gloucester). 

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Additional resources click here (RHSQ) (CAM).