The Medford Historical Society and Museum presents African American, Native American, and Afro-Native Histories of Medford: An Introduction to the Initiative on Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 7-8:30.

This roundtable will feature several of the historians and scholars behind the newly founded university initiative at Tufts to explore the history of slavery and colonialism within and beyond Medford. Founded in 2023, the Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts (SCL) initiative explores the university’s historical ties to racial slavery, the slave trade, and colonialism in Massachusetts and across the Atlantic world, including the historic Black and Afro Native communities of Charlestown and Medford; the Universalist religious tradition upon which Tufts was founded and its relationship to slavery, anti-slavery, and social movements; and the long presence of African-descended and indigenous students on Tufts’ campus. The project builds upon years of work within the Tufts Archival Research Center, and the Tufts African American Trail Project, which maps African American and Afro-Native public history sites across Massachusetts.

Registration is required.