This is the first in a series of research blogs that will explore the history of enslavement at or adjacent the site now home to Amherst College. On January 29, 1749, Reverend David Parsons (1712-1781) of Hadley 3rd precinct performed two baptisms: one for his day-old son, David Jr.; the other for a child named Goffy….
If we haven’t had a chance to meet yet, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Julia Carroll and I am the second research fellow for the Reckoning with the Racial History of Amherst College project. February marks the beginning of my fifth full month in this role. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia,…
Nicka Smith’s talk on October 4 was recorded and is available on the college’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/RBe9uHxSTJo The Amherst Student published an article about the talk: “Nicka Smith Delivers Talk on Israel Trask and the Trask 250” Anna Smith ’22 published an op-ed piece on Trask to propose that the college acquire his mansion in…
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