Well over a century before the “protest singers” and rock music of the 1960s, one rural New Hampshire family became internationally famous for their potent blend of politics, harmony, and courage. Find out the story behind the anti-slavery songs of Milford’s Hutchinson Family Singers…
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Pitch Pine
Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe … << BEFORE: Candles from hogs …
Illumination
Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s…
Choirmaster Power Play
Brother Joshua makes his move …
Empty Rooms
Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family’s new home …
Resolved
Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house …
The Twin Buglers
Milford’s most unusual marching band …
Heirloom
Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake …
Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets
Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm …
Joshua’s Job
Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley …
Buying Burnham’s Farm
With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham’s old inn …
Brother Jesse
The unfortunate tale of the eldest Hutchinson son …
Musical Family
Decades later, townsfolk fondly remembered one voice in the local church choir…
Clean Living
The musical history of NH’s famous Singing Hutchinsons runs deep… and complicated:
Hutchinson Family Singers
Color portrait of the world-famous Milford, NH quartet… PLUS series source links!
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