The Royall House and Slave Quarters
Medford, Massachusetts
Volunteer
Like all community organizations, we rely a great deal on the energies of our volunteers. We need your talent and we need your help! Volunteer.
Meeting Space, Event Facility
Our beautiful grounds are available for rental. Have your special event at the Royall House. Rental information.
Getting There
The Royall House and Slave Quarters are located at 15 George Street in Medford, Massachusetts. Detailed Map.
Links to Other Web Sites of Interest
Local and Regional History Museums, Historic Sites, and Trails
- Arlington Historical Society (Arlington, MA)
www.arlingtonhistorical.org - Boston National Historic Park (NPS)
www.nps.gov/bost/ - Museum of African-American History (Boston, MA)
www.afroammuseum.org - Philipsburg Manor (Part of Historic Hudson Valley, in Sleepy Hollow, NY)
www.hudsonvalley.org/philipsburg/ - Somerville Museum (Somerville, MA)
www.somervillemuseum.org - Upper Housatonic Valley African- American Heritage Trail (Berkshires, MA)
www.AfricanAmericanTrail.org
Resources on Northern Slavery
- New York Historical Society (NYC)
www.nyhistory.org - "Slave North" Resource Site
www.slavenorth.com - "Traces of the Trade" - documentary film by Katrina Browne
www.tracesofthetrade.org
Resources on Slavery (UK)
- International Slavery Museum (Liverpool, UK)
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/
Resources on U.S. Slavery
- "Free at Last" (Documentary histories of slavery)
www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/ - "Slavery and the Making of America" (PBS resource)
www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/ - "Slavery in America" (Resource site)
www.slaveryinamerica.org - U.S. National Slavery Museum (Fredericksburg, VA)
www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org
Tory (Loyalist) Sites in Massachusetts
- Golden Ball Tavern (Weston, MA)
www.goldenballtavern.org - Loring-Greenough House (Jamaica Plain, MA)
www.lghouse.org
Underground Railroad
- General Informational Site
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/ - National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH)
www.freedomcenter.org