HERE LIES DARBY VASSALL: Rendering the obscured and concealed history of slavery at Christ Church
Schedule
Thu Oct 27 2022 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
Location
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site | Cambridge, ME
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**Free, but space is limited. Registration required at https://forms.office.com/g/DtYsYP0nah.**Presented in partnership with Christ Church Cambridge
Nicole Piepenbrink, recipient of the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s 2022 Design Studies Thesis Prize, will discuss her award-winning HERE LIES DARBY VASSALL project on October 27. Piepenbrink’s work examines the perceived invisibility of slavery in New England through the lens of Christ Church, the final resting place of Darby Vassall. The inaccessible, largely unknown Vassall Tomb in the basement of Christ Church is shared with the public via a looped video projection telling the story of this church’s collusion with, dependency on, and profit from the slave trade that provided economic foundations for the establishment and growth not only of this church, but also of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New England.
Vassall, with his family, was enslaved at 105 Brattle Street as an infant and became a prominent local abolitionist as a free adult. This program will conclude with a 10-minute walk to Christ Church to view the installation.
Please visit https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/fall-lecture-series.htm for complete listing of fall events at Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS.
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Where is it happening?
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St,Cambridge,MA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
