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Tufts Library to host Weymouth 400th anniversary lectures

Tufts Library to host Weymouth 400th anniversary lectures
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Massachusetts Historical Society: International Womens Day 2021: Meet Maria Weston Chapman

– Maria Weston Chapman Subscribe On International Womens Day 2021, meet a woman who chose to challenge the practice of slavery in the United States, Maria Weston Chapman. Chapman and her sisters Caroline and Anne from Weymouth, Mass., were active abolitionists. Through their kin-work , the sisters supported each other through family responsibilities in order to take their active public roles. By taking up the cause of abolition they endured pro-slavery mobs, social ridicule, and public attacks on their characters. Subscribe Chapman edited and published The Liberty Bell, an annual abolitionist gift book to be sold or gifted to participants in the Boston Anti-Slavery Bazaar, which Chapman lead. This book was published almost every year from 1839 to 1858.

Black history: Philadelphia’s 19th century race riots - On top of Philly news

On top of Philly news Black history: Philadelphia’s explosive and violent 19th century race riots The city was home to the largest free African American population in the country, but racism led to destructive clashes. Destruction by Fire of Pennsylvania Hall, by J.T. Bowen, 1838 Feb. 26, 2021, 11:45 a.m. Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day. Early 19th century Philadelphia might have seemed like a budding haven for free Black people. Leading up to the Civil War, the city became home to the largest number of free African Americans in the country, and was a center for the abolitionist movement.

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