Race and Slavery at First Church in Roxbury

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Harvard PhD candidate Allibhai, the Rev. Mary Margaret Earl, and Byron Rushing, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and life-long activist, come together to discuss Aabid Allibhai's groundbreaking investigation into the links between First Church Roxbury and slavery. At least 58 people were enslaved by the church's leading members, among them Boston's elite. How does the church face this truth today? What does it say about New England's institutions? Join this thoughtful, engaging discussion, the last in our series, Enslavement & Resistance: New England 1620-1760, as it brings us up to date in considering the consequences of enslavement.