{"id":460,"date":"2023-04-30T17:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T22:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:21:33","slug":"important-geographical-places","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/important-geographical-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Enslavement in South Hadley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/\">Enslavement in South Hadley Homepage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/task-force\/\">Task Force<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/monument-and-inspiration\/\">Monument &amp; Inspiration<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/important-historical-people\/\">Important Historical People <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/important-geographical-places\/\">Important Geographical Places <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/helpful-people-resources\/\">Helpful People &amp; Resources <\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important Geographical Places<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>South Hadley<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to note that South Hadley was an unsettled area of Hadley and only established itself in 1775. When looking into records before 1775, you will need to include the surrounding areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Slave Streets<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historian Leo Labonte has said that streets in which enslaved individuals lived were at times nicknamed \u2018Slave Street\u2019. Some streets in South Hadley that may have had this pseudonym are Morgan Street, Silver Street, and Lyman Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sophie Eastman\u2019s chapter \u201cSouth Hadley after the Revolution,\u201d <em>In Old South Hadley<\/em>, 1912, also describes the \u201croad from the house of [David Mitchell] to the present homestead of John Graves\u201d as one of these streets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/markauslander.com\/2023\/02\/19\/in-search-of-caeser-cambridge-a-former-enslaved-man-in-south-haldley-massachusetts\/\">In Search of Caesar Cambridge, a former enslaved man in South Hadley, Massachusetts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lot [In the area of what is now Buttery Brook Park]<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pointed out by Leo Labonte as a potential plot of land owned by Freedmen.<br>See this <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1e5XW-oabnBLmj-wvXxPB_cD14Rn7GHXc?usp=share_link\">collection of documents about the free Black community in Hadley<\/a>, compiled by Erika Slocumb and the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/864\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-6.11.45-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/864\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-6.11.45-PM.png 399w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/864\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-6.11.45-PM-300x270.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unofficial Road that may have been used by David Mitchell<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pointed out by Leo Labonte. Shown in the picture below as the purple line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/864\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-6.12.59-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/864\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-6.12.59-PM.png 330w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/864\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-6.12.59-PM-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Woodbridge Tavern (The Yarde Tavern) &amp; 88 Alvord Street<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are potential sites of the Underground Railroad. The building of the Yarde Tavern was also the old congregation house for the First Congregational Church of South Hadley which is now located at 1 Church Street #1, South Hadley, MA 01075.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sophie Eastman, in her chapter \u201cSouth Hadley after the Revolution,\u201d <em>In Old South Hadley<\/em>, 1912, mentions Lewis Clark, the \u201coriginal George Harris of Mrs. Stowe\u2019s \u201cUncle Tom\u2019s Cabin\u201d\u2019, as one of the many people to pass through South Hadley\u2019s Underground Railroad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/important-historical-people\/\">&lt; important historical people<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/helpful-people-resources\/\">helpful people &amp; resources &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/enslavement-in-south-hadley\/\">return home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Geographical Places South Hadley It is important to note that South Hadley was an unsettled area of Hadley and only established itself in 1775. When looking into records before 1775, you will need to include the surrounding areas.&nbsp; Slave Streets Historian Leo Labonte has said that streets in which enslaved individuals lived were at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1592,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions\/852"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/decolonizingmuseums23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}