Walking Tour: Northampton Underground Railroad East
Historic Northampton 46 Bridge Street, Northampton, MA, United StatesMeet at Historic Northampton. Includes Bridge Street, Pomeroy Terrace, Phillips Street, and North Street.
Walking tour: Annual Florence Graveyard Tour
Park Street Cemetery Park Street, Florence, MA, United StatesMeet at Park St. Cemetery
Walking tour: Florence Underground Railroad
David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck Street, Florence, MAMeet at David Ruggles Center, 225 Nonotuck St., Florence
Exhibit Opening: The Underground Railroad in Northampton and Florence
David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck Street, Florence, MAThe David Ruggles Center: Interpreting Utopia
GCC Workforce Development & Community Education 270 Main St, Greenfield, United StatesA slide show and talk with Steve Strimer. Steve, one of the founders of the David Ruggles Center will discuss how it came to be, what and how we interpret, and what we at the DRC hope to accomplish.
Basil Dorsey Day Talk: Ruggles and Dorsey in early Florence
UMass Malcolm X Cultural Center Berkshire Dining Commons, Amherst, MA, United StatesWe will celebrate Basil Dorsey and his neighbor and assistant on the UGRR, the fiery abolitionist David Ruggles. Ruggles and Joshua Leavitt guided Dorsey to Northampton and Charlemont by 1838. Dorsey then came to Florence in 1844 and became the villages chief teamster for its goods. The presentation will be in the lower level of [...]
Walking Tour: “Basil Dorsey and his Formerly Enslaved Neighbors”
David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck Street, Florence, MAWe'll walk to home sites of Basil Dorsey and other formerly enslaved citizens, Joseph Willson, Ezekiel Cooper, Lewis French, Henry Anthony, William Wright, and George Hodestia.
Public Comment on Florence Abolition and Equal Rights National Historic District
Northampton City Council Chambers 212 Main St, Northampton, MA, United StatesThe David Ruggles Center has applied to the Community Preservation Committee of Northampton for a $30,000 grant to create a Florence Abolition and Equal Rights National Historic District and an accompanying Summary of Historical Context: African Americans, Abolition, and Equal Rights in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1835 - 1900. Please consider speaking on behalf of the request. [...]
Teachers Institute 2019
David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck Street, Florence, MAThe Teachers Institute 2019 will be held on Saturday, June 8, from 9:00-11:30. We will meet at the David Ruggles Center for History and Education located at 225 Nonotuck Street in Florence, MA. Join fellow educators as we roll out our new curriculum for visiting school groups to the Ruggles Center. We put the same [...]
Guided Tour: Lydia Maria Child and Sugar Beets
Grow Food Northampton Meadow St, Florence, MA, United StatesTom Goldscheider and Faith Deering will be discussing Lydia Maria Child and her Sugar Beet experiment. No tour of the African American Heritage Trail. Note that this tour is at a special place and time: Grow Food Northampton Farm on Meadow Street.