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    State Representative and Historian Byron Rushing at the Mrytle Baptist Church

    State Representative and Historian Byron Rushing at the Mrytle Baptist Church

    Presented by Historic Newton at Mrytle Baptist Church

    March 22, 2010

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    ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY & RACE IN NEW ENGLAND,free Lecture Series sponsored by Historic Newton: “…some cotton, and tobacco, and negroes… Pray have you heard nothing of my black guard Peter..." State Representative and Historian Byron Rushing will reflect on the first two centuries of Africans in New England by comparing the origin story of Africans in the Massachusetts Bay colony recorded in Winthrop's journal with the visit of South Carolinian John Rutledge's enslaved servant to Boston in 1803. Funded by the Foundation for Racial, Ethnic, & Religious Harmony. Free. At Myrtle Baptist Church, 21 Curve St., West Newton. Monday, March 22, 7 pm


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        Mrytle Baptist Church

        21 Curve Street
        Newton, MA 02465

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        Tickets: FREE!

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        March 22, 2010

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        7PM

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