Health Equity Timeline of MetroWest | Leverage The Power of Our Past

Colonial Trade Routes and Goods

Enslavement Starts in Massachusetts

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Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Massachusetts Is First Colony to Legalize Slavery

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Smallpox burial ground in Nobscot Scout Reservation

Onesimus: Public Health Pioneer Against Smallpox

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Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick

Two Court Cases Push For Abolition

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Petition of Edward J. Pompey and 104 others of Nantucket for Amendment of the Common School Law, Presented by J.M. Earle of Worcester, Jan. 16, 1845

Black Families Advocacy Pushes MA for Universal Access to Public Education

Solomon Carter Fuller circa 1910

Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Returns to Work at Westborough State Hospital

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A graduating class of nurses from Plymouth Hospital and Nurses Training School, from a report printed in 1914. Boston, MA. (Courtesy Lisa Gordon)

Plymouth Hospital Opens as First and Only Black Hospital in MA

Front page of the Worcester Telegram, October 19, 1924

Largest New England KKK Gathering Ends in Violent Riot

Cornelius Garland, M.D.; Founder of Plymouth Hospital

Black Medical Professionals Are Finally Allowed to Work at Boston City Hospital

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“Plan and Build It” advertisement in the Metrowest Daily News

Metrowest Post-WW2 Housing Boom

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A letter from a resident of Wellesley, MA, who works in Boston to Mayor John F. Collins stating their hope that the mayor will show support for those who wish to abolish de facto segregation in Boston Public Schools

Wellesley Among First METCO Districts