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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and remain committed to the work he began.

Braintree

Massachusetts

Basic Information

Type of Place
Independent City or Town
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Possible
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Probably Not, Although Still Very Few Black People

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890 4,840 5
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990 33,836 204
2000
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Zoning

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Jewish

Comments

“When I was a kid in the 40s in Boston, I know my
parents had gentile friends (‘aunt’ and ‘uncle’) who
lived in Braintree, Mass. and had restrictive covenants
(the whole town apparently) against Jews.”
-posted to the web, 2002