Bondage and Complicity: Duxbury’s History with Slavery. Duxbury, like all Northern towns, has a complicated relationship with the institution of slavery. During Colonial days, enslaved people lived and worked in this community. After slavery ended in Massachusetts in 1783, Duxbury’s economic relationship with Southern slavery continued. On Thursday, Sept. 29, DRHS Historian Carolyn Ravenscroft will explore the lives of the enslaved in Duxbury and the myriad ways that Duxbury’s 19th century wealt...