Blacks in Colonial New England—Free and Enslaved
2:45–4:00 pm Instructor: Lovelace
In colonial New England, enslaved and free Black people worked in diverse jobs – artisans, shopkeepers, domestics, general laborers, coopers, sailors and port workers as well as farm laborers. Large farms in Rhode Island and Connecticut raised food and livestock for Caribbean plantations. New Englanders were leaders in shipping people and goods. This presentation will review slavery and its records in the northern colonies as well as the lives of free Blacks. What records can researchers find?