I visited the Royall
House and Slave Quarters. This house is located at 15 George St in Medford Ma.
It was first owned by Massachusetts governor John Winthrop. The buildings and
Small park that makes up the site today was once a farm about 4 miles
long. In 1737 Colonel Isaac Royall, was a prosperous merchant who amassed a great wealth in Antigua in the late 1700s running a great sugar plantation. Isaac Royall, his
family and 27 slaves called this home. The surroundings of the house was in the
most elegant fashion back in the day. It had a formal garden that featured
fruit trees, lilacs, shrubbery and a
ornate summer house. Isaac owned the largest number of slaves in the area This was home to Slaves for 150 Years.
Nice job Gabby. This is such an important historical landmark because it bears witness to the fact that slavery existed everywhere in colonial America.
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