# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 3 Centuries of a Black Family in JP, from Slavery to Freedom
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Hidden Jamaica Plain researchers will present the remarkable multi-generational story of a resilient Black family whose history spanned three centuries, intertwined with the history of Jamaica Plain and local Black and Indigenous communities.  Enslaved in the 1700s, Peter Bridgham gained his freedom and established a Centre Street homestead that nurtured four generations.

This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served. This will be a hybrid program.  Please attend in person at the First Church if you are able. You can also sign up for the Zoom webinar using this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pCw4AXi-RFuJYN0iclvrzg
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/jamaica-plain/3-centuries-of-a-black-family-in-jp-from-slavery-to-freedom/200030774547902
- **Event Categories**: Workshops, virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Jamaica Plain
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist
- **lat**: 42.31003
- **long**: -71.11624
- **full address**: First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, 6 Eliot St,Boston, Massachusetts, Jamaica Plain, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 3 Centuries of a Black Family in JP, from Slavery to Freedom being held?
  - **A:** 3 Centuries of a Black Family in JP, from Slavery to Freedom takes place on Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 02:00 pm at First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, 6 Eliot St,Boston, Massachusetts, Jamaica Plain, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 3 Centuries of a Black Family in JP, from Slavery to Freedom?
  - **A:** 3 Centuries of a Black Family in JP, from Slavery to Freedom is organized by Jamaica Plain Historical Society.

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