EditorialRoberta Wolff-Platt stands outside of the Longfellow House in Cambridge, Mass., on Aug. 18, 2022, the home where her ancestor Darby Vassall was enslaved. (Vanessa Leroy/The New York Times)
EditorialHOLLAND HOUSE AND ITS OWNERS, 1889: "THE FAMILY PICTURE", OTHERWISE THE LIBRARY OF HOLLAND HOUSE, Painted by C.R. Leslie, R.A., Henry Richard Fox, 3rd Lord Holland, Dr. John Allen, Lady E. Vassall, 3rd Lady Holland, Edgar Dogget, Librarian.