EWH Tea Talks Series

TOUR DATES: JUL 15, AUG 26, SEP 23 Out of the Shadows: Enslavement and Emancipation Sankofa Tour Guide: Kevin Mitchell Daily life for enslaved children and adults in New England was variable according to the occupations of their owners and the changing seasons of the year. Captives became taxable property with few human rights, yet each individual was endowed with a particular range of abilities and talents, with different experiences and opportunities shaping their lives before, during and after enslavement.…

TOUR DATES: JUL 29, SEP 30 Backyards and Cellar Holes, (Warner House) Sankofa Tour Guide: Valerie Cunningham NOTE: This tour meets at the Warner House on Daniel St. at 2pm As focus shifts from the front of the house to the backyards and cellar holes of New Hampshire’s historic house museums, we consider the material culture experienced by household servants, including those whose black bodies had helped create white family wealth. Tours are $20 pp Purchase Online or pay cash…

This documentary focuses on the efforts of two dedicated historic preservationists and activists, Valerie Cunningham (co-author of Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African American Heritage) of Portsmouth and JerriAnne Boggis of Milford, to recover the stories of people who have been rendered nearly invisible in the historical record, from individuals laid to rest at the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth to the novelist Harriet Wilson of Milford to the twenty slaves who petitioned the state legislature for their freedom in…

A Tribute • A Celebration • A Pancake Breakfast "We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now." Keynote speaker: Stan McGhee, University of New Hampshire Director of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs Emcee: Jerrianne Boggis, Director, Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Breakfast at 8:30am Tributes & Music at 10:00am Followed by an afternoon walk on Portsmouth’s Black Heritage Trail, led by JerriAnne Boggis, Director, BHTNH Donations welcome at the door Sponsored…

Lecture with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar This Event Free & Open to the Public Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s lecture will be followed by a moderated panel discussion. Featuring Saint Anselm College faculty Dr. Jennifer Thorn and Dr. Beth Salerno 7pm Tuesday January 23rd, 2018 Dana Center, Koonz Theater, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH

Contrary to popular belief, New Hampshire’s history did not begin with the arrival of European settlers and all of New Hampshire’s indigenous people were not killed off by disease and war. At six million strong, Native Americans are a vibrant part of America’s present. This talk will explore current debates, including the perennial discussion over an art panel in the US Post Office in Durham and the effects of race on reclaiming indigenous spaces of remembrance not only in New…

This documentary focuses on the efforts of two dedicated historic preservationists and activists, Valerie Cunningham (co-author of Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African American Heritage) of Portsmouth and JerriAnne Boggis of Milford, to recover the stories of people who have been rendered nearly invisible in the historical record, from individuals laid to rest at the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth to the novelist Harriet Wilson of Milford to the twenty slaves who petitioned the state legislature for their freedom in…

This documentary focuses on the efforts of two dedicated historic preservationists and activists, Valerie Cunningham (co-author of Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African American Heritage) of Portsmouth and JerriAnne Boggis of Milford, to recover the stories of people who have been rendered nearly invisible in the historical record, from individuals laid to rest at the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth to the novelist Harriet Wilson of Milford to the twenty slaves who petitioned the state legislature for their freedom in…

Most conversations about race focus on inter-racial violence and competition (whites v. people of color). This talk explores intra-racial violence and competition (elite whites v working class and poor whites) as the origin and purpose behind the creation of what we call “white” and how this designation is maintained through ritual violence and the ritual use of a sacrificial class of underprivileged people to diffuse that competition. Warning: PowerPoint presentation contains graphic images. Presenter Rev. Ian White Maher Part of…

In a compelling speech about race in America, Mitch Landrieu said "There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it." Through discussing physical and artistic sites of memory,  this panel will explore how a narrative picture of the past develops an identity for our present. Presenters Senator David Watters, Retired Professor of English, UNH Eric Aldrich, Independent Scholar Joel Christian Gill, American cartoonist, comics artist, graphic novelist Part of the 2018 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks -…