November 16
African-American Gravestones in Eighteenth-Century New England








Assignment:

Tashjian, "Afro-American Burying Ground" Cemeteries & Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture

Malloy, "Slavery in Colonial Massachusetts Gravestones" in Markers XI (1994) (reserve)



Pictures:


Peg Bull, 1740, Common Burying Ground, Newport, RI


Margaret Kinnicut, 1775, North Burial Ground, Providence, RI


Children of Scipio and Sukey Burt, 1791-1805, Bristol, RI


Patience Borden, 1811, North Burying Ground, Providence, RI