Hidden Abington: Black and Indigenous Lives in the Era of Slavery
Unearthing Slavery in Abington
How does slavery tie into the founding of Abington, Mass., and what does the town’s first minister have to do with a forgotten woodland grave site that holds a Revolutionary War Veteran and Wampanoag royalty?
The Abington Patriot Who Witnessed a British Spy’s Execution
This is the remarkable story of an African American teenager fighting in the Revolution, of a young soldier suffering a life-altering wound and witnessing an historic execution, and of a disabled veteran fighting for benefits.
Abington Legend Cuffy Rosaria
Cuffy Rosaria deserves folk hero status in Abington; he has the rare distinction of appearing both in a run-away slave ad and in Revolutionary War muster rolls.
StoryMap: Slavery in Old Abington.
Connect to present-day locations in Abington, Rockland, and Whitman with direct links to slavery.
Abington Enslavers Separated Black and Native Families
Modern writers extoll Phillis Wheatley’s exceptionality, and we cannot overstate her excellence. However, Phillis’ kidnapping commonizes the poet with Africans in every corner of the eighteenth-century Atlantic World. Enslavers replicated her violent dislocation countless times in West Africa, the West Indies, Virginia, Boston—and Abington.
“Besides several other Blacks not named”
A list of names of the Black and Indigenous people of eighteenth-century Abington
Introduction to Slavery in Massachusetts
An approachable collection of videos, books, talks, podcasts, articles, and links. A sort of self-directed syllabus.
Eleven Names Project 