Brister and Fenda Freeman
Posted on | August 14, 2009 | Comments Off
After 25 years of enslavement, Brister Freeman became the second former enslaved person to own land in Concord. Brister’s Hill is named after the area where he and another former enslaved person purchased an acre of “old field.” Brister and his wife Fenda, who told fortunes, had three children. Brister worked as a day labororer and endured frequent harassment from locals and local officials. Impressed by what brister had been able to accomplish in such a hostile environment, Thoreau compares him in Walden to Scipio Africanus, the great Roman general.Category: Historical Figures