This video shares the story of Belinda Sutton, a woman from Africa who was enslaved and petitioned for reparations from her enslavers- the Royals. The Royalls were one of the largest slave holding families in Massachusetts.
⏰TIME STAMPS⏰
0:16 The Royall House & Slave Quarters
0:25 Who was Belinda Sutton?
0:40 About the Royall Family
1:07 About Issac Royall Senior
2:10 Purchase of Ten Hills Farm
3:19 About Issac Royall Jr.
4:00 Issac Royall Jr.'s will
4:41 Belinda Sutton's petitions for payment
6:22 Royall's wealth & Harvard University
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📗 SOURCES📗
Beckertt, Sven, Katherine Stevens, and the students of the Harvard and Slavery Research Seminar. “Harvard and Slavery Seeking a Forgotten History”. www.harvard.edu/sites/default... (accessed July, 27,2020)
“Belinda Sutton’s 1783 Petition (full text)”. The Royall House and Slave Quarters. royallhouse.org/belinda-sutto... (accessed July, 27,2020)
“Belinda Sutton and Her Petitions”. The Royall House and Slave Quarters. royallhouse.org/slavery/belin... (accessed July, 27,2020)
Halper, Jamie D. “Law School Unveils Slavery Monument, Reflects on History”. The Harvard Crimson. www.thecrimson.com/article/20... (accessed July, 27,2020)
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PHOTO CREDIT:
Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society MHS Collections Online: Manuscript map of the Ten Hills (Medford, Mass.), October 1637 www.masshist.org/database/view... (accessed July, 27,2020)
The Legacy of Isaac Royall, Jr. Bookplate of Isaac Royall, Sr., Courtesy of American Antiquarian Society. Harvard Law School. exhibits.law.harvard.edu/lega... (accessed July, 27,2020)
Sugar Cane Harvest, Antigua, West Indies, 1823", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora. www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaver... (Accessed July, 27,2020)
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