No Slavery! Fourth of July! The Managers of the Mass. Anti-Slavery Soc ’ y, broadside, Worcester: printed by Earle & Drew, [1854]

In 1854, the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society sponsored a Fourth of July rally in Framingham, Mass. This broadside was created to advertise the event. Noted abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, and Henry David Thoreau, addressed the crowd. Garrison burned copies of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law and the US Constitution, which he called “ a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. ” For the Commonwealth’s abolitionist community, 4 July 1854 would be a day to recognize the nation’s greatest sin and to mourn the death of freedom. Read more about the rally .

The Cabinet: George Washington & the Creation of an American Institution

On Wednesday, 1 July, at 5:30 PM, Lindsay M. Chervinsky presents The Cabinet: George Washington & the Creation of an American Institution. On November 26, 1791, George Washington convened his department secretaries—Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph—for the first cabinet meeting. Faced with diplomatic crises, domestic insurrections, and constitutional challenges, Washington decided he needed a group of advisors he could turn to. He modeled his new cabinet on the councils of war he had led as commander of the Continental Army. Chervinsky reveals the far-reaching consequences of Washington’s choice to create what has become one of the most powerful bodies in the federal government: the presidential cabinet. Register for the online program .

On Thursday, 9 July, at 5:30 PM , Ty Burr, Boston Globe , Robert Allison, Suffolk University, and others present Boston in Film: From Eddie Coyle to Manchester by the Sea . This is the first program in a series of three conversations in partnership with The Brattle Theater and Emerson College.

On Wednesday, 15 July, at 5:30 PM , Martha Ackmann presents These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson .

On Monday, 20 July, at 5:30 PM , Larry Tye presents Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy.

On Thursday, 23 July, at 5:30 PM , Ned Hinkle, Jim Vrabel, Brattle Film Foundation, and more present Boston in Film: Beyond the Oscars. This is the second program in a series of three conversations in partnership with The Brattle Theater and Emerson College.

V isit www.masshist.org/events for more information and to register.  To view a selection of past programs, go to  www.masshist.org/video  or visit our  YouTube channel .

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