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CFA 2022: A School. Sugar. A Slave Bell.

  • Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street Concord, MA (map)

The Robbins House and the Concord Free Public Library present


A School. Sugar. A Slave Bell.

A Presentation by Concord’s African American History Museum

The Robbins House

Friday, October 28

7:00 pm

Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street

Goodwin Forum

The Robbins House, a 544 square foot historic house in Concord, MA, jars visitors' experience by presenting the Black history of America's founding. Our success in spreading these messages has resulted in a local previously all-white elite private boys’ school "bequeathing" a 500 pound sugar plantation 'slave bell' to our historic site. Through sharing our recent brochure publications, we seek to elicit the emotions, intentions and history of this "gift" by connecting with sights, sounds and touch to explore how the bell can help explain America's racial wealth gap in New England.

Earlier Event: October 27
Morning Library Meditation