Videos

Author Timothy Walker talked about the maritime side of the Underground Railroad, including the impact of African Americans' paid and unpaid waterfront labor. The Nantucket Historical Associ…

Paul Polgar talked about his book, Standard-Bearers of Equality: America’s First Abolition Movement. He argued that these early Black and white activists sought to end racial inequality, and…

“Coverture” is a legal term giving sole authority over a woman to her father, and then her husband at the time of marriage. Catherine Allgor, president of the Massachusetts Historical Societ…