Author: Medford (Mass.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Proceedings of the Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of Medford, Massachusetts, June Nineteen Hundred and Five
Author: Medford (Mass.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Proceedings of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of Medford, Massachusetts, June, Nineteen Hundred and Five
Author: John H. Hooper
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Category : Medford (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Publisher:
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Category : Medford (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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The Medford Historical Register
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Medford
Author: Dee Morris
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625843178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Since its early days in the possession of a man who never set foot on the land itself, Medford has been a place of possibility. Many Medford residents have made their mark on American culture, including James W. Tufts, the inventor of the soda fountain, and Fannie Farmer, author of the first modern cookbook. Medford has been the site of revolutionary changes, as entrepreneur Thatcher Magoun built the wildly successful clipper ship industry, and in the case of Belinda Royall, a slave who remarkably won her legal emancipation in 1773. Author Dee Morris renders a richly detailed history, from the Medford Square rum distilleries that sent a molasses smell wafting through town for centuries to the celebration for Amelia Earhart, who lived in West Medford briefly, before her first successful transatlantic flight. Medford: A Brief History reveals hidden stories behind a small town with a big legacy.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625843178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Since its early days in the possession of a man who never set foot on the land itself, Medford has been a place of possibility. Many Medford residents have made their mark on American culture, including James W. Tufts, the inventor of the soda fountain, and Fannie Farmer, author of the first modern cookbook. Medford has been the site of revolutionary changes, as entrepreneur Thatcher Magoun built the wildly successful clipper ship industry, and in the case of Belinda Royall, a slave who remarkably won her legal emancipation in 1773. Author Dee Morris renders a richly detailed history, from the Medford Square rum distilleries that sent a molasses smell wafting through town for centuries to the celebration for Amelia Earhart, who lived in West Medford briefly, before her first successful transatlantic flight. Medford: A Brief History reveals hidden stories behind a small town with a big legacy.
Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
Author: American Antiquarian Society
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 940
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 940
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. no.
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. no.
Belonging
Author: Gloria McCahon Whiting
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 151282450X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
As winter turned to spring in the year 1699, Sebastian and Jane embarked on a campaign of persuasion. The two wished to marry, and they sought the backing of their community in Boston. Nothing, however, could induce Jane’s enslaver to consent. Only after her death did Sebastian and Jane manage to wed, forming a long-lasting union even though husband and wife were not always able to live in the same household. New England is often considered a cradle of liberty in American history, but this snippet of Jane and Sebastian’s story reminds us that it was also a cradle of slavery. From the earliest years of colonization, New Englanders bought and sold people, most of whom were of African descent. In Belonging, Gloria McCahon Whiting tells the region’s early history from the perspective of the people, like Jane and Sebastian, who belonged to others and who struggled to maintain a sense of belonging among their kin. Through a series of meticulously reconstructed family narratives, Whiting traces the contours of enslaved people’s intimate lives in early New England, where they often lived with those who bound them but apart from kin. Enslaved spouses rarely were able to cohabit; fathers and their offspring routinely were separated by inheritance practices; children could be removed from their mothers at an enslaver’s whim; and people in bondage had only partial control of their movement through the region, which made more difficult the task of maintaining distant relationships. But Belonging does more than lay bare the obstacles to family stability for those in bondage. Whiting also charts Afro-New Englanders’ persistent demands for intimacy throughout the century and a half stretching from New England’s founding to the American Revolution. And she shows how the work of making and maintaining relationships influenced the region’s law, religion, society, and politics. Ultimately, the actions taken by people in bondage to fortify their families played a pivotal role in bringing about the collapse of slavery in New England’s most populous state, Massachusetts.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 151282450X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
As winter turned to spring in the year 1699, Sebastian and Jane embarked on a campaign of persuasion. The two wished to marry, and they sought the backing of their community in Boston. Nothing, however, could induce Jane’s enslaver to consent. Only after her death did Sebastian and Jane manage to wed, forming a long-lasting union even though husband and wife were not always able to live in the same household. New England is often considered a cradle of liberty in American history, but this snippet of Jane and Sebastian’s story reminds us that it was also a cradle of slavery. From the earliest years of colonization, New Englanders bought and sold people, most of whom were of African descent. In Belonging, Gloria McCahon Whiting tells the region’s early history from the perspective of the people, like Jane and Sebastian, who belonged to others and who struggled to maintain a sense of belonging among their kin. Through a series of meticulously reconstructed family narratives, Whiting traces the contours of enslaved people’s intimate lives in early New England, where they often lived with those who bound them but apart from kin. Enslaved spouses rarely were able to cohabit; fathers and their offspring routinely were separated by inheritance practices; children could be removed from their mothers at an enslaver’s whim; and people in bondage had only partial control of their movement through the region, which made more difficult the task of maintaining distant relationships. But Belonging does more than lay bare the obstacles to family stability for those in bondage. Whiting also charts Afro-New Englanders’ persistent demands for intimacy throughout the century and a half stretching from New England’s founding to the American Revolution. And she shows how the work of making and maintaining relationships influenced the region’s law, religion, society, and politics. Ultimately, the actions taken by people in bondage to fortify their families played a pivotal role in bringing about the collapse of slavery in New England’s most populous state, Massachusetts.
Annual List of New and Important Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Cambridge Public Library Bulletin
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Annual List of New and Important Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author:
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Publisher:
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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