Thank you for tuning in this month to our “Watch Along With Us” series featuring the Black Patriots of Lexington project.
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Historian William Poole on the life of Pompey Fiske who went from an enslaved witness of the intense fighting at Fiske Farm on April 19,…
Public historian Margaret Micholet and curator Stacey Fraser present Venus Roe, an enslaved servant at Captain James Reed’s home (now Burlington), where John Hancock and…
Professor Zine Magubane and curator Stacey Fraser share the journey of Silas Burdoo, a freeborn Lexington resident who became one of the wealthiest Black veterans…
Professor Zine Magubane and historical reenactor Emmett Bell-Sykes tell the story of Eli Burdoo, a third-generation freeborn Lexington resident who became an indentured orphan and…
Revolutionary War reenactor Charles Price shares the remarkable story of Prince Estabrook, a combatant at the Battle of Lexington. Learn how he served three years…
Explore the often-overlooked role that Black people played in the Battle of Lexington & the Revolutionary War, including enslaved soldiers.
Public historian Margaret Micholet and master weaver Michelle Parish explore the often-overlooked role of Black men and women like Cate and Prince Chester in the…
