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Tour highlights Florence's abolitionist history


Tour highlights Florence’s abolitionist history
A group listens as Steve Strimer leads the African American Heritage Trail in the David Ruggles Center For Early Florence History and Underground Railroad Studies on Martin Luther King Day.
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People on a walking tour listen as Steve Strimer talks about the African-American Heritage Trail at the Sojourner Truth statue in Florence, Monday. GAZETTE STAFF/CAROL LOLLIS
A group lead by Steve Strimer on the African American Heritage Trail walks into the David Ruggles Center For Early Florence History and Underground Railroad Studies on Martin Luther King Day.
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The Recorder - Yes, there was slavery here


Yes, there was slavery here
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Published: 2/4/2021 12:52:36 PM
In 1641, Massachusetts was the first North American colony to legalize slavery, which was at that time a common practice in New England. Africans and their descendants were enslaved by ministers and other prominent citizens in many local towns, including Greenfield, Deerfield, Northfield, Sunderland, Hatfield and Amherst.
The slave trade from capturing, buying and selling Africans to providing goods and services, such as ship-building, for those trading in human beings formed an important part of New England’s economy. The first slave ship from Massachusetts was launched in 1636, by the prestigious Winthrop family. Boston later became a hub of the trade in enslaved Africans. ....

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