Celebrate the 242nd Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day aka Quock Walker Day
Quock Walker was enslaved in Barre, MA. His 1781 civil lawsuit for battery led to the 1783 criminal case that ended slavery in Massachusetts.
Venus Roe was enslaved by Jonas Roe in Lexington. At about 3 years old, she was gifted to Smitheren Reed of Woburn District. Venus Roe was emancipated in the wake of the third Quock Walker case, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Nathaniel Jennison.
VIRTUAL – Film Screening and Discussion of The Black Patriots of Lexington: Venue Roe
Tuesday, July 8
7:00—8:30 PM