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Ringing of bells marks 373rd Commencement — Harvard Gazette

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This carved 1746 corner cupboard has seen a lot, from an enslaver's ceramics to British prisoners

Bells ringing throughout city honor Harvard Commencement

For the 36th year, a number of neighboring churches and institutions will ring their bells in celebration of the city of Cambridge and of Harvard’s 372nd Commencement Exercises on May 25. The bells will begin at 12:15 p.m.

'A missing piece:' Maine's connections to slavery are hidden in plain sight

‘A missing piece:’ Maine’s connections to slavery are hidden in plain sight Largely left out of history books or minimized as an insignificant footnote, slavery remains a nearly hidden aspect of the history of Maine. Share Bob Greene teaches the Black history of Maine at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Southern Maine. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer In July of 1750, a short notice appeared in a Boston newspaper calling for help finding an enslaved man who had run away from Ichabod Goodwin of Berwick in the province of Maine. Pompey was described as a short man of about 40 who spoke good English, wore a homespun jacket and checked shirt and had a cut ear. Fitted around his neck was an iron slave collar, a brutal device used by enslavers to identify and discipline the people they claimed as property. Goodwin, a blacksmith who offered a reward for Pompey’s return, likely made the collar himself.