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The David Ruggles Center: Interpreting Utopia
The David Ruggles Center: Interpreting Utopia
A 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.
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Basil Dorsey Day Talk: Ruggles and Dorsey in early Florence
Basil Dorsey Day Talk: Ruggles and Dorsey in early Florence
We 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 [...]
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Walking Tour: “Basil Dorsey and his Formerly Enslaved Neighbors”
Walking Tour: “Basil Dorsey and his Formerly Enslaved Neighbors”
We'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.