Boston unearths remnants of possible slave quarters in Roxbury

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Updated October 03, 2022

Sydney Boles
Tiziana Dearing

The City of Boston Archaeology Program has uncovered remains of what the city archaeologist believes are some of the only known quarters of enslaved people remaining in New England.

Joe Bagley, city archaeologist for the City of Boston, joined Radio Boston to discuss the findings. He was joined by Rev. Willie Bodrick II, senior pastor at the Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury.

Read a buildout of this segment here.

This article was originally published on September 30, 2022.

This segment aired on September 30, 2022.