This is not the Barbie at Kaitlyn’s house!”Black womanhood was always centered in our home, so I didn’t look at white women with envy because they were white. Our next stop on the tour was the Royall House and Slave Quarters, in Medford, Mass., home of the only standing slave quarters north of the Mason-Dixon line. PhotoMy sisters chose this stop because of Belinda Sutton, a woman the Royall family enslaved. She was promised an annuity, which she successfully sued the Royall family for — twice. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyUnlike some other plantations, the Royall House museum emphasizes what the enslaved people there would have experienced.

Source: New York Times September 23, 2017 18:30 UTC