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Williams College, Partners to Seek More Accurate, Just Historical Narrative


 
Black and white photograph of Maryland sailmaker Curtis Downes, circa 1950.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. The mythology of America s founding developed over the course of centuries.
 
It will take many years and many hands to set the record straight and create an accurate historical picture of how the United States came to be.
 
Last week, Williams College took a big step in helping that process when it was named, along with two academic partners, the recipient of a $4.9 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the non-profit s Just Futures Initiative.
 
Williams, the Mystic (Conn.) Seaport Museum and Brown University s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice will spend the next three years on a project titled Reimagining New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty and Freedom. ....

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A Reassessment of the Legend of Hannah Duston


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Laura Knoy:
Laura Knoy:
Given the current controversy over Confederate statues, how should we view the statue of Hannah Duston in colonial times? She was lauded as a hero for killing and scalping 10 natives who had captured her. A statue of Duston was erected in 1874 and still stands on an island in the Merrimack River. But today, many feel the story and the statue are problematic. Our guests today are among those native Granite Staters and historians who say the standard Duston narrative offers too simple a view of an incredibly complicated time in New England history. And they re working to retell this legend through a much wider lens today. In exchange, how should we view the Hannah Duston story? ....

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