CANCELED: The Last & Living Words of Mark: Following the Clues to the Enslaved Man's Life, Afterlife, and Community

Name: CANCELED: The Last & Living Words of Mark: Following the Clues to the Enslaved Man's Life, Afterlife, and Community
Start: April 15, 2020
End: 2020-03-26
Location: Royall House and Slave Quarters

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The Last & Living Words of Mark: Following the Clues to the Enslaved Man's Life, Afterlife, and Community

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - 7:30 p.m.

Mark was an enslaved Charlestown blacksmith, husband, and father who was accused of petit treason after he and co-conspirators were discovered in the poisoning death of their enslaver John Codman. An enslaved man named Robin, bequeathed by Isaac Royall Sr. to his daughter Penelope Royall Vassall, supplied the poison that killed Captain Codman.

In 1755 Mark was tried and found guilty, hanged, and gibbeted on Charlestown Common, just a mile from the southern border of the Royalls' Medford estate.

Paul Revere mentioned the gruesome landmark "where Mark was hung in chains" in describing his midnight ride on April 18, 1775, twenty years later.

Poet and independent scholar Catherine Sasanov has spent years researching Mark and those around him, and will share her knowledge of the haunting details of Mark's short life in this illustrated talk.

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Admission is free for RH&SQ members, free for 2 guests per EBT card, and $10 for all others.

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Royall House and Slave Quarters
15 George Street
Medford, MA 02155

Directions/Transportation/Parking

The Royall House and Slave Quarters museum is located at 15 George Street in Medford, Massachusetts, just outside of Medford Square, near the intersection with Main Street and next to Royall Park.

By car: Route 93 to exit 32. West on Route 60 to second light (Medford Square). Turn left onto Main Street. Bear right at Mobil Station to stay on Main Street and proceed to blinking yellow light. Turn right onto George Street, and the museum is on the right. Free on-street parking is available on George Street and other nearby streets; please obey signs regarding resident permit restrictions.

Public transportation: MBTA Buses 96 from Harvard Square and 101 between Sullivan Square and Malden Station stop at the corner of Main and George Streets. During construction on the Broadway bridge in Somerville, MBTA Bus 80 between Arlington Center and Lechmere also stops at Main and George Streets.

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