

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Unhired Hands: 18th Century Northern Slavery - A Storytelling & Poetry Program
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: FREE EVENT but registration is recommended: https://westonpl.librarycalendar.com/event/david-mills-presentation-4910

Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 3pm - Weston Public Library.

The Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, declaring, “all men are created equal”, however that was not the case for many of the men and women of African and Indigenous descent in 1776.

Unhired Hands, presented by award-winning poet, playwright and actor, David Mills, will explore the history of slavery in the North during the 18th century, interweaving poems with remarkable stories.

Mills will introduce the audience to Millie Tunnell, who served George Washington and would become the oldest living woman in Queens, Onesimus, an African man enslaved by Puritan preacher Cotton Mather who would go on to help save the Massachusetts colony from smallpox, and Victoria Earle Matthews, an enslaved woman who became a celebrated writer and leader in the settlement movement.

Unhired Hands will remind us that this nation is built on the labor of remarkable people.

Unhired Hands kicks-off the “America 250: The Revolutionary Spirit Lecture Series”, co-sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library, The Weston History &amp; Culture Center and the League of Women Voters of Weston, with financial support by the Weston America 250 Committee.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/weston/unhired-hands-18th-century-northern-slavery-a-storytelling-and-poetry-program/200029519513504
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, storytelling, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://westonpl.librarycalendar.com/event/david-mills-presentation-4910?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=weston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Weston
- **state**: CT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Weston Public Library
- **lat**: 41.2022582574
- **long**: -73.3784105184
- **full address**: Weston Public Library, 56 Norfield Rd,Weston, Connecticut, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Weston History & Culture Center (https://allevents.in/org/weston-history-and-culture-center/19335224)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Weston Public Library, 56 Norfield Rd,Weston, Connecticut, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Weston History & Culture Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, storytelling, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Unhired Hands: 18th Century Northern Slavery - A Storytelling & Poetry Program ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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