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Author Talk

The Price for their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building ...

26Jun 6:00PM 2017
There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30pm.

    In life and in death, slaves were commodities. Their monetary value was assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The ...
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Maps, Copies, and Rights: Boundaries of Ownership in Early American Piracy

28Jun 12:00PM 2017

The origins and development of copyright practices in the eighteenth century were at once a local, national, and imperial project. While literary property itself was ...
Author Talk

The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright

28Jun 6:00PM 2017
There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30pm.

      Born and raised in a New England garrison town, Esther Wheelwright (1696–1780) was captured by Wabanaki Indians at age seven. Among them, ...
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This Week @ MHS

The final week of June is a fairly quiet one here at the Society. Here is what's coming up: - Monday, 26 June, 6:00PM : The Price for their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to ...

A Swing through Lynn Woods around 1910

The Lynn Woods Reservation is a fun place to spend some time among trees and even take in views of the Boston skyline. It is also notable for various features and structures, such as Stone Tower, ...

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E. Atkins & Co. employees under the old slave bell, Soledad, Cuba