• Newburyport’s Road to Revolution, Part IV- Black Newburyporters

    Newburyport City Hall 60 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    Newburyport City Hall 60 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Newburyport City Hall  

    Newburyport City Hall 60 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA

    Explore the uncomfortable truth that, as Newburyport debated concepts of freedom and independence on the eve of Revolution, a significant number of Americans were not free. Thousands of African Americans were enslaved, up to 20% of the entire population of the colonies. In Newburyport, Black voices spoke up forcefully for their liberty and equality amid...