PARKING NOTICE TUESDAY, MARCH 31: The Jamestown Police Department will be hosting Regional Training in the Meeting Hall on Tuesday, March 31st and Tuesday, April 7th from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. There will be reduced parking availability for patrons. Available spots will be marked with cones.

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Black Descendants of Bristol Underwood Of Jamestown

Presentation by Christine Jackson of Providence. Ms. Jackson will share stories, photos, and artifacts from her family, which descended from Bristol Underwood. He was an African American man enslaved on the Underwood Farm (later known as the Brazil Farm) on East Shore Road in Jamestown in the 18th century.

Bristol Underwood was born into slavery in 1773 to John and Clarissa Carr. Ownership of the enslaved family had passed between Quaker families to Benjamin Underwood, another Quaker. He was freed sometime after 1782.

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