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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200815T103000
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URL:https://uusociety.cc/events/racial-justice-team-visit-to-hinesburg/
SUMMARY:Racial Justice Team Visit to Hinesburg
DESCRIPTION:The Racial Justice Team takes you to Hinesburg to learn about t
 he Black Farmers of 1790-1890:\n\nSaturday\, August 15\, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m
 . Leave from FUUSB at 9:45 a.m. to carpool with face masks and windows ope
 n (or meet the group by the Black Settlers Historic Marker in Hinesburg). 
 Carpools will be limited to two people\, one sitting in front\, the other 
 in back. Bring snacks and water for yourself. Please register at this link
 . Maximum 20 adults\, $10 each.\n\nFrom 1795 to 1865 an African American 
 farming community thrived on Lincoln Hill in what we now know as Hinesburg
 . The first settlers at the bottom of the road in 1798\, from Massachusett
 s\, were Samuel Peters\, Hannah Lensemen and husband Prince Peters. Prince
  served in Captain Silas Pierce's MA Line for three years during the Ameri
 can Revolution. Samuel Peters volunteered at the Battle of Plattsburgh dur
 ing the War of 1812.\n\n\nViolet and Shubael Clark\, from Connecticut\, ar
 rived at the top of the hill in 1795. Their farm grew to 175 acres spillin
 g over into Huntington\, and one son owned 100 acres nearby. The original 
 settlers expanded to five related families just before the Civil War\; man
 y are buried in an abandoned cemetery at the top of the hill.\n\n\nWe will
  go for a walk around Lincoln Hill (on a road) with historian Elise Guyett
 e to see where the farms were\, learn what their lives in Hinesburg were l
 ike\, and see some of the remnants of the cemetery. Elise is author of D
 iscovering Black Vermont: African American Farmers in Hinesburg\, 1790-189
 0.
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