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About. The Robbins House in Concord, Massachusetts was the home of Caesar Robbins, who while enslaved served in the American Revolution and whose descendants continued to advocate for equality and justice. In this episode, host Patrice Todisco and The Robbins House Executive Director Jen Turner chronicle three generations of a visionary and ...
This past year your support of The Robbins House allowed us to: Welcome our first full-time Executive Director, historian Jennifer Turner. An IMLS grant covers half of these costs; we urgently and gratefully seek your support to help us with the other half.
1823 – present. PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE. This 544-square-foot house, built in the early 1820s, was originally located on an isolated farm overlooking the Great Meadows along the Concord River. The first two families who lived here were descendants of Caesar Robbins, a Revolutionary War Patriot.
The Robbins House is a 544 sq. ft. historic early 19th century house formerly inhabited by the first generation of descendants of formerly enslaved African American Revolutionary War veteran Caesar Robbins, and by fugitive slave Jack Garrison. Visit the House. LEARN THE HISTORY.
Nov 12, 2023 · Join us for a special talk at the Codman Estate’s Carriage House with Jen Turner of The Robbins House as we explore an important and often overlooked part of our history here in Lincoln — the lives of people who worked this land, many of whom did so without choice.
In this episode, host Patrice Todisco and The Robbins House Executive Director Jen Turner chronicle three generations of a visionary and hugely determined Black family. This moving and evocative story about perseverance and the meaning of freedom begins with Caesar and ends with a woman who committed one of the earliest acts of Black Civil ...
The Robbins House. The Robbins House is a Concord-based nonprofit organization focused on raising awareness of Concord’s African, African American, and antislavery history from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Their mission is to reveal the little known African American history of Concord and its regional and national importance.
