In September 1847, recent divinity school graduate Thomas Wentworth Higginson, age 24, accepted the pulpit at the First Religious Society in Newburyport, Massachusetts. It was his first pastorate, he was a newlywed, and his liberal politics were not yet radical. But by the time he resigned his ministry there exactly two years later, his antislavery… Continue reading My Position as an Abolitionist They Could Not Bear”: The Brief Newburyport Ministry of Thomas Wentworth Higginson

NEWBURYPORT BLACK HISTORY INITIATIVE Newburyport MA. The City of Newburyport and the Newburyport Black History Initiative (NBHI--Geordie Vining, Dr. Kabria Baumgartner, and Cynthia Raschke) will host a ceremony Wednesday February 1st 2023 at 4:00pm to celebrate the installation of the first NBHI interpretive sign in Newburyport. The event will be held outdoors on the Clipper Rail… Continue reading Newburyport Black History Initiative Installation Ceremony