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Museum Visit and Tour: Slavery and Resistance in Colonial MA August 30, 2024
Harriet Yoffee(s)
Harriet Yoffee
Registration Info
Registration is required
This event includes a visit first to Old State House and Old South Meeting House. Senior admission for the 1:00 visit is $13.
The guided tour follows this list at 2:00 and is FREE
The tour begins at the Main Hall of the Old South Meeting House
OPTIONAL debriefing snack/beverage following the event
for directions and parking information: www.revolutionaryspaces.org. (refer to link "visit")
About this event
We will discover how enslaved people in MA used religious spaces and practices and government institutions to protect their autonomy and community.
You will hear stories of resistance from Phillis Wheatley (pictured above) as well as Scorpio Gunney, Zipporah Potter and Belinda Sutton.
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