Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod
January 25, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join us for a reading and discussion of Dr. Michael Pregot’s new book Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod.
About The Book
After Massachusetts legally prohibited its practice in 1780, sea captains became engaged in a variety of ways within its continuance. There were some captains who brought slaves in surreptitiously, while others worked in more indirect ways. Polarizing lines were drawn up. The commonwealth’s maritime industry became quite divided with some fighting for the cause of abolitionism while other sea captains wished only to establish a very slow demise of this endeavor. The book discusses religious views, political perspectives, economic factors, and social movements that existed during the pre-Civil War period.
About Dr. Michael Pregot
Dr. Pregot has spent over a half of a century in the field of education. He has served as a Modern Language teacher, a high school principal, a district-wide school superintendent, a professor of education and a University Director of an Educational Leadership Department. He has published several articles and a textbook on the personal dispositions needed to be an effective school leader. Having owned a home on the Cape for over twenty-five years, he is now researching various aspects of local history. The maritime history of the Cape has intrigued him for the past several years. For the past two years, he has examined the complexity of slave trading and the desire for abolitionism within the Bay State.
