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Dr. Kabria Baumgartner spoke with Northeastern Global News on work to unearth the home of King Pompey, a former slave turned colonial king in Massachusetts.

“It gives us renewed appreciation for King Pompey and the celebration electing Black kings and governors in New England,” says Dr. Kabria Baumgartner, a Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Northeastern.

Read the full article here: https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/06/10/magazine/black-election-day-history/.

Dr. Kabria Baumgartner, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, works on the site of what archeologists believe is the home of King Pompey. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University.

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