Boston 1775

The National Gallery of Art recently shared Alysha Page’s article about an unusual figure in John Singleton Copley’s painting Watson and th...

I couldn’t help being intrigued by this anecdote from Aderivaldo Ramos de Santana’s recent article on the Black Perspectives history blog, ...

The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife has announced the subject of this year’s conference: “Living with Disabilities in New England...

Around here, “Watson and the Shark” is the John Singleton Copley painting of Brook Watson ’s rescue from a shark in Havana. The Museum of F...

Last month I discussed Brook Watson (1735-1807), who was born in Boston, lost a leg to a shark in Havana, and went on to a very successful ...

Yesterday’s Boston Globe “Ideas” section featured an article by Prof. Marcus Rediker , author of the upcoming The Slave Ship: A Human Histo...