History

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‘It’s not just that this is a history. It’s a legacy that we need to reckon with’
‘The real goal was to take the land. If they couldn’t exterminate us through genocide and warfare, they were going to exterminate us through forced assimilation’
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Beth Caruso recounts the hysteria that began 45 years before the infamous trials in Massachusetts
Cindy Elder recently published her historical novel, ‘If the Sea Must Be Your Home’
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Bob Burke takes action against Massachusetts over who first fired shots against the British before the American Revolution broke out
The last of New Bedford’s square-rigged whaleships wrecked 15 miles from the city on Aug. 26, 1924