Resource Page for Slavery and Black Life in North River Communities, 1673-1865 presented to the NSRWA, February 15, 2023.

Sea Captains Carousing at Suriname
Norwell Historic Commission Shipyard Map, Norwell Historical Commission
North River Population Demographics Spreadsheet
On Slavery and Shipbuilding on the South Shore
L. Vernon Briggs on Mariah and Walter Briggs
On Captain John Williams
On Edward Wanton
Sarah Boyce court record. FamilySearch.org (free registration required)
The slide on Barstow’s Forge was adapted from my work Slavery in Hanover, Massachusetts: 1712 — 1783
Court record for “Surre, possessed of the Divel.” FamilySearch.org (free registration required)
Newport Marries Kate church record.
Daughters of the American Revolution: Forgotten Patriots
Venus Manning
Sgt. Lemuel Freeman
“Boston port records for 1753 reveal a brief shipbuilding boom in that year, especially as the West Indian markets continued to expand and merchants needed more ships to bring provisions to sustain the plantation complex. Yet most of vessels were not built in Boston. . .The largest number of ships [23%]. . . were from shipyards in the Plymouth region: Hingham, Hull, Scituate, Hanover, Bridgewater, Pembroke, Marshfield, Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth.” Dr. Eric Kimball An Essential Link In A Vast Chain: New England And The West Indies, unpublished Ph. D. dissertation. p. 341

Introduction to Slavery in Massachusetts

An approachable collection of videos, books, talks, podcasts, articles, and links. A sort of self-directed syllabus.

by Wayne William Tucker November 8, 2021February 3, 2023

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