2019 marks 400 years of slavery in America. Rhode Island was a major player in this vicious episode of our history, and also a leader in abolishing it. Breaking Chains tells this story through a series of events held from June 12 to June 15.
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Join the Schiller Boston Community Chorus and Stages of Freedom for “A Concert for Freedom”, a special concert as part of the four-day event “Breaking Chains: Slavery and Abolition in Rhode Island”. The interracial Schiller Boston Community Chorus is committed to performing African American spirituals in keeping with the tradition of Hall Johnson, H.T. Burleigh and other African American composers.