Pomps Wall, African American Community, Medford MA https://medfordhistorical.org/medford-history/africa-to-medford/slave-contributions/Rum invented in the West Indies 17th Century. American Colonies like Medford began making Rum in 1715. Triangular Transatlantic Slave Trade enslaved Africans: produced sugar and molasses in Caribbean: https://eji.org/report/transatlantic-slave-trade/boston/.Rock Hill: Lookout site of Nanepashemit and the Nipmuc tribesJohn Sacamore leader of Wonohaquaham tribe burial site, Medford MA (Detail photographs)
Look out for the British, view from Prospect Hill Tower. Home to the first American flag. Banner raised on this site by George Washington New Years Day 1776. More information and history Watch The American Revolution by Ken Burns PBS
Left: ‘Mr. Prince Hall born in Barbados (1735-1807) arrived in Medford Boston 1765. An early Civil Rights activist, Hall was a tireless champion of education and the abolition of slavery’. ‘Mr. Hall was one of the few Black men to fight the Battle of Bunker Hill,’ Medford Historical Society website. Right: Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) American abolitionist, women’s right activist and Native American rights activist at times she shocked her audiences connecting male dominance and white supremacy. Ms. Child wrote the song ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’ WikipediaMystic River entrance for ships into Medford, Triangular Trade, Medford MACovered Mural, Post Office, Medford MA August 2024
Elm Street, Somerville MA
Site Research with Jennifer Dorsen and Photographs by Eli Land Tourlentes Summer 2024
