Mary Merrick Brooks

Posted on | August 14, 2009 | Comments Off

A slave-owner’s daughter, Mary Merrick Brooks was undoubtedly Concord’s leading abolitionist. Moved from the Concord Free Public Library site to 45 Hubbard Street in 1872, the Brooks house was originally the Black Horse Tavern.

45 Hubbard Street

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