The Black Women of Salem, Massachusetts: 1638-1819
FAIN: FT-11882-74
Gloria C. Oden
University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, MD 21201-1603)
To study the black community in Salem, Massachusetts from its beginnings in the pre-colonial period to 1819. Present research concerns creating a profile of the black women in Salem with emphasis on the information available in the Essex Institute Manuscript Collections.