LYNN — The Lynn Museum will host a program this week on the Hutchinson family, the most popular and arguably most controversial American singing group of the 19th century.
The Hutchinsons, several of whom lived in Lynn, filled concert halls from New York City to England, sang at the White House for Abraham Lincoln and other presidents, and also were banned and threatened with mobs in a number of cities for singing “incendiary” anti-slavery songs.
The free slide show and talk by Tom Dalton will be held Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. at the Lynn Museum, 590 Washington St.
Dalton is the author of “The Hutchinsons of High Rock,” a book about the 60 years three Hutchinsons resided on High Rock, a steep hillside in Lynn’s Highlands. On that rocky hill, the Hutchinsons erected nearly a dozen buildings, hosted thousands at anti-slavery rallies and July 4 bonfires, and also experienced tragedy and scandal.
Dalton, a former board member of the Lynn Historical Society, also wrote “Frederick Douglass: The Lynn Years,” a book about the famous abolitionist who moved to Lynn three years after escaping from slavery.
The slide show is part of Trails & Sails, a month-long program sponsored by Essex Heritage.
