Looking for Robert Roberts: Moments and Mysteries

When:
Saturday, Feb 22, 2025 2:00p -
3:00p

Where:
Gore Place
52 Gore Street
Waltham, MA 02453

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Admission:
$10

Hosted by:
goreplace Thom

Categories:
History

Event website:
https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=265907

Feb 22 @ 2pm

With the 1827 publication of his House Servant’s Directory—while employed as a manservant for the elite Bostonians Christopher and Rebecca Gore—Robert Roberts became America’s first commercially published Black author.

A leader in Boston’s free Black community, he was a church deacon, a businessman, an abolitionist, and a fighter for civil rights. In this talk, we’ll highlight news from our ongoing research into the lesser-known side of Roberts’ life and the writing of his Directory.


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https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=265907

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