The Hempsted Family and Slavery

The Joshua Hempsted House tells powerful stories of slavery, resistance, freedom, and courage. Aileen Novick, Program Manager at the Hempsted Houses shares new research about the complex lives of the people who lived in the Joshua Hempsted House – including slaveholders, civic leaders, abolitionists, a Revolutionary War hero, and at least two enslaved people. Aileen, who is managing the reinterpretation of the Hempsted Houses, has a master's degree in public history from Northeastern University. She previously had positions at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Indiana Historical Society and Historic Locust Grove in Louisville, Kentucky. $5 Suggested Donation