Dates and times are subject to change by organizers. Please visit the organizers’ website for the latest information.
- This event has passed.
Looking for Robert Roberts: Moments and Mysteries
February 22 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$10
With the 1827 publication of his “House Servant’s Directory”—while employed as a manservant for the elite Bostonians Christopher and Rebecca Gore—Robert Roberts became America’s first commercially published Black author.
A leader in Boston’s free Black community, he was a church deacon, a businessman, an abolitionist, and a fighter for civil rights. In this talk, we’ll highlight news from our ongoing research into the lesser-known side of Roberts’ life and the writing of his “Directory.”
General admission $10, members free, Card to Culture free. Tickets are available from Gore Place.
