This is a wonderful piece. We have to seek an understanding of our history, own it, learn from it. Not to mention confronting the world as it exists. I think about that when I visit that corner. In a state that is 93% it is all too easy for many people to remain ignorant of all that.
I think it would be great if you could include some of the points Pat Clark makes in his excellent history of Black people in Gilmanton. There were other Black people beyond Moses Dustin e.g. Prince Cogswell. Pat has a strikingly high estimate of the number of Black people in Gilmanton in the 1850s/60s. I do know that, at one extreme, five of the twenty five people (including Prince) were in the Poor Farm as recorded in the 1850 Census were Black. There is more to Black history in Gilmanton than Moses Dustin and arguably the Town was more diverse in the 1850s than the 2020s.
Excellent and thoughtful piece of writing that mirrors my thinking on the topic.
This is a wonderful piece. We have to seek an understanding of our history, own it, learn from it. Not to mention confronting the world as it exists. I think about that when I visit that corner. In a state that is 93% it is all too easy for many people to remain ignorant of all that.
Very interesting! An important piece of Gilmanton's history that should not be forgotten. Thank you for sharing it. Mary Alice McCulloch
I think it would be great if you could include some of the points Pat Clark makes in his excellent history of Black people in Gilmanton. There were other Black people beyond Moses Dustin e.g. Prince Cogswell. Pat has a strikingly high estimate of the number of Black people in Gilmanton in the 1850s/60s. I do know that, at one extreme, five of the twenty five people (including Prince) were in the Poor Farm as recorded in the 1850 Census were Black. There is more to Black history in Gilmanton than Moses Dustin and arguably the Town was more diverse in the 1850s than the 2020s.