PRINCE WALKER OF BARRE: FROM ENSLAVED TO LANDOWNER

Name: PRINCE WALKER OF BARRE: FROM ENSLAVED TO LANDOWNER
Start: 2025-07-08T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Barre Town Hall, 2 Exchange Street, Barre, MA

Barre Massachusetts Historical Society

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Tue, 08 Jul, 2025 at 06:00 pm

Barre Town Hall, 2 Exchange Street, Barre, MA

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Tue, 08 Jul, 2025 at 06:00 pm (EDT)

Barre Town Hall, 2 Exchange Street

Barre, United States

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PRINCE WALKER OF BARRE: FROM ENSLAVED TO LANDOWNER

Join us in celebrating "Quock Walker Day," a holiday honoring the Barre man whose actions were instrumental in freeing all enslaved persons in Massachusetts in 1783.

Prince Walker was Quock's much younger brother. While Quock's actions were beneficial to most enslaved people in Massachusetts, Prince, only 9 years old, was sold into slavery in Connecticut. Lucy Allen, Historian, highlights Prince’s long life (1774-1858) and journey from enslavement to becoming a landowner in Barre.

The doors will open at 6:00. Please join us for refreshments and socialization. The talk will start promptly at 6:30 PM.

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PRINCE WALKER OF BARRE: FROM ENSLAVED TO LANDOWNER

Tue, 08 Jul, 2025 at 06:00 pm