Linden Place, the Federal-style mansion built in 1810 by architect Russell Warren for slave trader George DeWolf, offers children and adults the opportunity to see this historical house museum in a whole new light! Make your way through our 200-year old mansion rooms and seek out dozens of artifacts, big and small, while you learn […]
Linden Place Museum will host a walking tour of Linden Place Mansion and downtown Bristol, focused specifically on Bristol’s DeWolf Family and their involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The DeWolf family, Bristol’s premier family in the 18th and early 19th centuries, was once one of the largest traders of slaves in New England. Learn […]
Bristol, RI, February 21, 2015 – Linden Place Museum will honor Black History Month with a free lecture on Bristol and the DeWolf Family’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The DeWolf’s and Brown’s of Providence led the American trade in enslaved Africans from 1769 until 1820.
