Slavery in Medfield

Uncovering Medfield’s Anti-Slavery Activities

Jun 1, 2024   Medfield is in full bloom once again, as we welcome the month of June. Along with my usual time-travel musings, I’ve been thinking about Juneteenth, wondering about Medfield’s involvement in the antislavery movement. Evidence shows that Medfielders were active in the movement, which gained strength in the northern states during the 1830s. […]

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On a Grim 400-Year Anniversary, an Account of Slavery in Medfield

Sep 1, 2019  August 24, 1619 is a less-remembered date that lives in infamy. On that day, a ship landed near Jamestown, Virginia, with a cargo of the first 20 kidnapped Africans who survived the Middle Crossing and were brought America to be sold into slavery. On August 24, 2019, church bells rang for four

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