Thanks for the compliment! I also have a page on my main sight that has lectures, book recs, podcasts, and articles if you want to learn about the broad history of slavery in Boston and New England. https://eleven-names.com/massachusetts/
And I wrote about how the Dudley's of Dudley Sq in Roxbury where inter-generational slaveholders. https://eleven-names.com/dudley/
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Frank, a man enslaved by John Hancock is buried next to John at the Granary Burying Ground. Cato Hancock is buried in the Central Burying Ground on Boston Common.
Enslaved people Betty, Bristol, and Cambridge, are buried at Dorchester North Burying Ground at Upham's Corner. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ymuchomas/4736490839 Enslaved people are very likely buried in most colonial-era burying grounds in Eastern Massachusetts, including Roxbury's Eliot Burying Ground.
If enslaved people where buried with a grave marker, most of the time that grave marker was wooden. It is uncommon to find headstones of enslaved people
Hundreds of ministers in New England were slaveholders. And it's not isolated to New England, Baptist ministers in the South enslaved people and, in 1838, Jesuits in Maryland sold enslaved people to plantations in Louisiana to fund what became Georgetown University.
By the way this is an awesome page. Grew up in Boston. And have been obsessed twitch it's history my entire life. Please let me know how I can donate.
Thanks for the compliment! I also have a page on my main sight that has lectures, book recs, podcasts, and articles if you want to learn about the broad history of slavery in Boston and New England. https://eleven-names.com/massachusetts/
And I wrote about how the Dudley's of Dudley Sq in Roxbury where inter-generational slaveholders. https://eleven-names.com/dudley/
It's very kind of you to offer to donate! eleven-names.com and the Eleven Names Project Open Notebook newsletter will always be free, but I welcome contributions to defray costs. My PayPal seller profile is linked here:
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Cheers, Michael!
Do we know where the thousands of Bostonian slaves are buried? Thank you
Frank, a man enslaved by John Hancock is buried next to John at the Granary Burying Ground. Cato Hancock is buried in the Central Burying Ground on Boston Common.
https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2019/02/curiouser/
Enslaved people Betty, Bristol, and Cambridge, are buried at Dorchester North Burying Ground at Upham's Corner. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ymuchomas/4736490839 Enslaved people are very likely buried in most colonial-era burying grounds in Eastern Massachusetts, including Roxbury's Eliot Burying Ground.
Copp's Hill Burying Ground in the North End likely has the 1,000 enslaved and free Black Bostonians buried there. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2022/05/03/black-graveyard-legacy/
If enslaved people where buried with a grave marker, most of the time that grave marker was wooden. It is uncommon to find headstones of enslaved people
Hundreds of ministers in New England were slaveholders. And it's not isolated to New England, Baptist ministers in the South enslaved people and, in 1838, Jesuits in Maryland sold enslaved people to plantations in Louisiana to fund what became Georgetown University.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html
Amazing, so sad. Thank you Wayne.