Beneath the Floorboards: Whispers of the Enslaved at Marlpit Hall
Channel: Monmouth County Historical Association
Date: 2021-11-14

MCHA Associate Curator, Joe Zemla, tells the story of the enslaved African Americans who lived and worked at Marlpit Hall, the circa 1756 home once owned by the Taylor family of Middletown, New Jersey. In addition to original archival documents, recently discovered artifacts help give a fuller picture of those who inhabited the home’s second-story slave quarters, which have remained largely unaltered since the 18th century. Cultural beliefs, protective rituals, and representations of clandestine defiance of their forced condition are unveiled with these fragments, purposefully chosen and concealed centuries ago.

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