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Talk traces Black family from slavery to freedom
October 18, 2026
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JP history talk traces a Black family from slavery to freedom
Hidden Jamaica Plain researchers present a free talk today, 2 to 3:30 p.m., at First Church in Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot St., on a Black family whose history spanned three centuries alongside local Black and Indigenous communities.
Jamaica Plain Historical Society
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