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60 enslaved people once toiled for a rich landowner in Medford. Kyera Singleton wants you to know who they were
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On a small piece of land a few blocks off I-93 stand two buildings, both made of clapboard and brick.
One is an 18th-century mansion known as the Royall House, once home to the largest holder of enslaved people in Colonial Massachusetts. The other is believed to be the only remaining slave quarters in the Northern United States.
Taken together, the two small buildings in Medford, now a museum, tell a foundational story of this country, of immense wealth underpinned by a brutal system of slavery. But they also bear witness to a vital effort to honor those who were enslaved here and to connect their history to the calls for racial justice galvanizing the nation today.
Read the full story on BostonGlobe.com.
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