Susan Elliott

Nanny “Baxter” of Medfield

1600s, 1700s, Medfield, Slavery in Medfield / Susan Elliott

Mar 1, 2024 “Enslaved Girl”“To her private life Only a few were privy.A life lost and found.” The next time you pass by or visit a CVS, think of Nanny. Her feet trod upon the Reverend Joseph Baxter’s land as she went about her work as his enslaved servant. Almost two centuries later the minister’s […]

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Busy As a “Green” Nailer

1700s, Green, Medfield, Revolutionary War, Slavery in Medfield / Susan Elliott

Feb 1, 2024 When they came back from their service in the Revolutionary War, you might have found Warwick Green and Newport Green in their own nailer shop along the Dedham road in Medfield, Massachusetts just south of the eastern end of today’s Vine Lake Cemetery (Callendar). They had finally been paid for their six

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