Tours and Events

Upcoming Events

October 9: “Abolition in Black and White” Talk and Walking Tour. See Calendar below for more information.

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* Second Saturday Walking Tour

Second Saturday Walking Tour

Time: 10:00 am

Second Saturday Walking Tour of Florence Abolition Era Sites – Visit the homes of Sojourner Truth, Samuel Hill and fugitive slave Basil Dorsey. See the Mill River dam where David Lee and Lydia Maria Child processed sugar beets as an alternative to slave-grown sugar cane. Stand in the Pine Grove where William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips spoke before members of the Northampton Association "utopian" community . Hear about David Ruggles' Water Cure and the visits of Frederick Douglass. Donations benefit the David Ruggles Center. Meet at the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue, 10:00 am, corner of Park and Pine Streets, Florence.

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Calendar developed and supported by Kieran O'Shea