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A local history exhibit uses 37 silhouettes to humanize people connected to Northampton’s history of slavery, while presenters said additional funding is needed to continue the research.
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Historic Northampton Museum and the David Ruggles Center for History and Education presented research and an exhibit about Black history in Northampton. The exhibit includes individual stories and a map tracing the geography of 18th-century slavery using property records. No new business was taken up; approval of the January 26 minutes was postponed because they were not fully transcribed.
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