Ceasar Robbins House - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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| 324 Bedford Street | Concord, MA 01742 | | ||
About: An inspiring African American community lived in Concord, MA during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. One of the remaining houses from that era is currently located at 324 Bedford Street. This building, the Robbins House, was home to several generations of one of Concord’s earliest African American families.
Caesar Robbins was enslaved in Concord until the Revolution, after which he lived on the edge of the Great Field with his wife Catherine, by approval of nearby landowner Humphrey Barrett. Two of their children, Peter Robbins and Susan Robbins Garrison, raised large families here. Caesar Robbins’ first house, pictured right, passed out of African American ownership at the end of the nineteenth century. Efforts are now underway to preserve this home.
The Robbins House is included on a self-guided African American and Abolitionist heritage tour developed by the "The Drinking Gourd Project," a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awarness about Concord's African American past. The tour guide can be downloaded here.
 Ceasar Robbins House Photos and text courtesy Drinking Gourd Project |
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