'From Slavery To Freedom: Slave Narrative': Featured Local Event

FRAMINGHAM, MA—This week's featured Framingham calendar event comes courtesy of the Framingham History Center, which is hosting "From Slavery to Freedom: A Slave Narrative of Aunt Sally Williams Recorded by Edna Dean Proctor."

In it, storyteller Libby Franck portrays Edna Dean Proctor as an abolitionist and journalist who published Aunt Sally Williams’ story just 5 years after Uncle Tom’s Cabin was released. Born in New Hampshire and buried in Framingham, Edna Dean Proctor spent many years in Brooklyn, NY at the home of Henry Bowen, publisher of The Independent.

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The event, which is open to everyone, takes place on Sunday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. at the Edgell Memorial Library. Ticket are $5/FHC members, $10 for nonmembers. Go here for more information.

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Photo via Framingham History Center