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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…

Scott Stephenson, president of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, talked about General George Washington’s Revolutionary War tent, which is part of the museum’s collectio…

Darius Coombs, Wampanoag and Eastern Woodlands director at Plimoth Patuxet, discussed the culture of the Wampanoag people who lived in the Plymouth area prior to the arrival of the Pilgrims.…

Nathaniel Philbrick talked about his book, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, which details the sinking of the Essex in the Pacific Ocean following a destructive at…

Westfield State University history professor emerita Catherine Shannon discussed the large-scale Irish immigration to America in the mid-nineteenth century. She also talked about the relatio…

Irish historian Christine Kinealy discussed Frederick Douglass' time in Ireland during an 18-month trip to promote abolitionism abroad in 1845 and 1846. She argued that Douglass was moved by…

Founded in the early 17th century, the Massachusetts Bay Colony had a predominately Puritan population who governed from the basis of their beliefs. Richard Pickering of Plimoth Plantation g…

In 1998 the Nantucket Historical Association initiated a project to index the whaleship logs held in its archives. As the work progressed, a project volunteer noticed numerous entries that p…

“Moby-Dick” was a written by Herman Melville and published in 1851. Nathaniel Philbrick, author of “Why Read Moby-Dick?,” discussed his love of the classic novel and its lasting legacy. The …

During a period of the 19th century, Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts was a hub for whaling around the world. Peggi Godwin of the Nantucket Historical Association discussed the histo…

Artist Rockwell Kent provided more than 300 illustrations for a 1930 edition of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel “Moby-Dick,” which went on to become a best-seller once reprinted in a Random Hou…

Between 1839 and 1844 Herman Melville worked aboard three whaleships as well as other sailing vessels. Melville scholar Mary K. Bercaw Edwards detailed his time spent as a sailor and discuss…

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…