New Bedford Historical Society

Abolition Row Park in New Bedford may be small, but the message it sends is mighty. That message, of course, is freedom.

Barring any major weather delays, Lee Blake expects the Abolition Row Park to be completed sometime in May.

On America's birthday, the Marion Art Center is sharing one of Frederick Douglass's speeches. Phil Paleologos looks at how New Bedford shaped Douglass.

The events included a pop-up vendors market at the Rotch Jones-Duff House on County Street, sponsored by Buy Black NB.

The park at Seventh and Spring will honor city residents who were members of the anti-slavery movement during the 1800s and lived in that neighborhood.

The forums are sponsored by the New Bedford Historical Society and Buy Black NB and will start on February 25.

Richard Blake of Pennsylvania served as President of the National Sculptors Society from 2007 through 2010.

Lee Blake has spent much of her life raising awareness about black history and New Bedford's important role in the Underground Railroad.

The event will honor the children of Dennison and Lee Blake of the New Bedford Historical Society.

The National Parks will come together nationwide to commemorate the first enslaved Africans who landed in North America.