Recording now available

Tufts Library & the Abigail Adams Historical Society invite you to attend a presentation by Laura Rockyn as Maria Weston Chapman. 

First person historical interpreter, Laura Rocklyn, who writes and performs one-woman historic character portrayals,  will present her interpretation of Maria Weston Chapman. Chapman, born July 25, 1806 in Weymouth, was  an American abolitionist who was the principal lieutenant of the radical antislavery leader William Lloyd Garrison.

Description: The year is 1855 and Maria Weston Chapman is preparing to return to her home in Weymouth, MA after seven years of living in Europe. During those years abroad she has seen her children complete their educations and marry, and she has found powerful new international allies for the cause that is so dear to her heart: Abolition. The preparations to return to her beloved but far distant home prompt memories of her childhood in Weymouth, and of the turbulent early days of her involvement in the Abolition Movement in Boston. Maria revisits the triumphs and fears that came with her work with the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society. She reflects on how her strength in the face of violence and her passion for the cause to which she has devoted her life took her from Boston to New York and Philadelphia and, eventually, to the capitals of Europe, in pursuit of justice.

More information about Ms. Rocklyn can be found online. 

Registration required, please.