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Month: October 2021

October 30, 2021January 7, 2022 pvhn Uncategorized

David Ruggles

By Kim Gerould The title of the only full-length biography of David Ruggles, written by Graham Russell Gao Hodges, sums up the essence of his relatively short life: “A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City.”[1]  Even when he joined the utopian Northampton Association of Education and Industry later in his … Continue reading David Ruggles

October 24, 2021January 7, 2022 pvhn Uncategorized

Amos & Agrippa Hull

by Cliff McCarthy Rev. Justus Forward, Belchertown’s Congregational minister, recorded the following in his records on 8 May 1785: Eunice a Squaw, wife of Amos Hull a Negro man, died at Elisha Root’s house, of a Consumption Aged 36.[1] “Hull” is not a familiar name in Belchertown and this reference sparked some interest. No record … Continue reading Amos & Agrippa Hull

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