THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF MARCH 21st.
Mill Talk begins at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:30.
This talk is free, and light refreshments will be served.
In the 1830s, Waltham's first middle-class residents built a neighborhood near the Common that came to include some of the town's most radical abolitionists. Starting as a small group, they became a force in the antislavery movement and drew abolitionist leaders to Waltham, including Frederick Douglass and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In a house at the corner of Main and Liberty Streets, one man also harbored runaway slaves.
With the discovery of a largely untouched room papered with Civil War images from Harper's Magazine, historian Alex Green uncovered Waltham's hidden role in the Underground Railroad. Green will share his findings and what they mean for Waltham residents today.
Author Alex Green
Alex Green is a Fellow at Harvard Law School. A longtime Waltham resident, he is the former chairperson of the Waltham Historical Commission. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, and Lapham's Quarterly, and he is a contributor to WBUR-NPR's Cognoscenti.
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This Mill Talk begins at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:30.
This talk is free, and light refreshments will be served.
