Massachusetts is often associated with abolition and other progressive movements, while the early history of slavery in Massachusetts is sometimes overlooked. Presented in association with the Concord Museum’s special exhibition Thomas Dugan, Yeoman of Concord, John Hannigan, Ph.D. candidate in History at Brandeis University – and researcher for The Robbins House – takes a closer look at the lives and experiences of enslaved people in 18th-century Massachusetts.