Prudence Cummings Wright & Leonard Whiting’s Guard
Prudence Cummings Wright was a woman who lived in Pepperell, Massachusetts, and fought in the Revolutionary War. Wright, who was 35 years old and a mother of six children, recruited… Read more »
Category: Revolutionary Era
The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was a slave and a world-renowned poet from Massachusetts during the American Revolution. Wheatley, who lived in Boston, became the first African-American to publish a book. Born in… Read more »
The Roles of Women in the Revolutionary War
Women took on many roles in the Revolutionary War. Some of these roles were traditional, while others were unconventional and even scandalous for the time. From supportive jobs like nurses,… Read more »
Was General Thomas Gage Born to Lose?
General Thomas Gage was the commander-In-chief of North America for the British army in the Revolutionary War. As the military governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in April of… Read more »
The Witches of Dogtown
Dogtown is a ghost town, once a former parish of Gloucester, Massachusetts, that is rumored to have been overrun by dogs, vagabonds, and suspected witches in the 1800s. This rocky,… Read more »