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With new headstone, Marblehead won’t let enslaved woman be forgotten

Por: The Boston Globe Nation September 26, 2022

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MARBLEHEAD — No one was supposed to remember the enslaved people who lived in this seaside town in the 17th and 18th centuries. They toiled in the shadows of merchants and Revolutionary War heroes, meant to be forgotten.But, thanks to a few mysterious twists of history and strong-willed locals, Agnes will not be forgotten.Agnes, a woman who the town’s prominent Russell family enslaved as a domestic servant, died in 1718 at about age 43. For... + full article



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