Giving the Devil Her Due: The Neglected History of Tituba, Salem’s First Witch
Posterity has treated few characters in the Salem witch trial drama as poorly as Tituba, a woman enslaved in the household of minister Samuel Parris. Tituba, the first to confess… The post Giving the...
View ArticlePrince Mortimer, Out of the Shadows After a Century in Captivity
In 18th-century Middletown, Conn., a tall, dark-skinned man named Prince Mortimer walked the same path each day, trudging to his master’s ropeworks where he spun hemp into yarn. For over… The post...
View ArticleGeorge Boutwell, Forgotten Civil Rights Pioneer
On a summer day in 1862, a government employee named George Boutwell took the podium in front of the U.S. Capitol before 10,000 people. He was one of 10 speakers… The post George Boutwell, Forgotten...
View ArticleThe Pierce Manse: Memorial to a Tragic, Forgotten President
In 1842, Franklin Pierce, his wife Jane and their young sons Frank and Benny moved from Washington, D.C., into the Pierce Manse in Concord, N.H. They lived there for six… The post The Pierce Manse:...
View ArticleThe John Brown House: Keeping Up With the Joneses
You could say the elegant John Brown House in Providence was built on the backs of enslaved Africans. But the story of John Brown’s involvement in the slave trade is… The post The John Brown House:...
View ArticleMoffatt-Ladd House: Colonial Portsmouth Mansion, Plus A Famous Tree
Portsmouth, N.H., has a long history of shipbuilding, still evident in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard across the Piscataqua River. But many of the city’s shipbuilders also bought and sold kidnapped… The...
View ArticleThe Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Harriet Beecher Stowe forced people to think about the evil and immorality of slavery with the publication of her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Today, the… The post The Harriet...
View ArticleJonathan Mitchel Sewall, Lawyer, Poet and a Black Man’s Drinking Buddy
When Nancy Hammond bought a house on Gates Street in Portsmouth, N.H., she had no idea it would inspire her to trace the life story of a good and interesting… The post Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, Lawyer,...
View ArticleRhode Island Privateer Marlborough Attacks Britain’s Slave Trade in Africa in...
On Jan. 2, 1778, the Rhode Island privateer Marlborough, with 96 Rhode Island and Massachusetts sailors on board, began its voyage to the west coast of Africa. It was one… The post Rhode Island...
View ArticleEdward Fitch, a Massachusetts Martyr in Bleeding Kansas
During the long struggle to abolish slavery in America, Edward Fitch did not hold political office. Nor did he serve as an officer of the Union Army or in any… The post Edward Fitch, a Massachusetts...
View ArticleZouaves and Contrabands: Winslow Homer’s Civil War
Before the Civil War broke out, a military fashion craze from North Africa took hold of the United States. Men, women and children dressed in Turkish-flavored outfits inspired by the… The post Zouaves...
View ArticleCrazy Henry Baldwin, the Mentally Ill Supreme Court Justice
In the history of the United States, only 120 people have served on the Supreme Court. Some suffered from mental illness. Henry Baldwin was one of them. In 1833, Baldwin… The post Crazy Henry Baldwin,...
View ArticleGiving the Devil Her Due: The Neglected History of Tituba, Salem’s First Witch
Posterity has treated few characters in the Salem witch trial drama as poorly as Tituba, a woman enslaved in the household of minister Samuel Parris. Tituba, the first to confess… The post Giving the...
View ArticleJames Covey, African Sailor, Helps the Amistad Captives to Freedom
In 1839, a young black sailor named James Covey held the key to freedom for 53 Africans who appeared in a Spanish ship off Long Island. They couldn’t speak English.… The post James Covey, African...
View ArticleAbe Lincoln’s Puritan Ancestors (Cavaliers and Baptists, Too)
Abraham Lincoln, the Great Unifier, didn’t talk much about his Puritan ancestors. Nor did he talk much about his ancestors from Virginia, where the original Anglican settlers were known as… The post...
View ArticleStephen Higginson Tells Fish Stories To Parliament In 1771 and Gets Arrested...
In 1771, the British government desperately needed to know how American colonists felt about fishing policies. Stephen Higginson filled them in, and almost got jailed as a traitor because of… The post...
View ArticlePaul Robeson Moves To Enfield, Conn.
In 1941, the most famous black man in the world moved with his wife and son to a 12-room Colonial house in the all-white town of Enfield, Conn. It had… The post Paul Robeson Moves To Enfield, Conn....
View ArticleEdward Fitch, a Massachusetts Martyr in Bleeding Kansas
During the long struggle to abolish slavery in America, Edward Fitch did not hold political office. Nor did he serve as an officer of the Union Army or in any other position typically honored in...
View ArticleZouaves and Contrabands: Winslow Homer’s Civil War
Before the Civil War broke out, a military fashion craze from North Africa took hold of the United States. Men, women and children dressed in Turkish-flavored outfits inspired by the Zouaves, a French...
View ArticleCrazy Henry Baldwin, the Mentally Ill Supreme Court Justice
In the history of the United States, only 120 people have served on the Supreme Court. Some suffered from mental illness. Henry Baldwin was one of them. In 1833, Baldwin missed an entire term of the...
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