He was the most prominent Black resident of Stockbridge in his day. Now, Agrippa Hull’s portrait hangs in a major folk art exhibit

A portrait of Agrippa Hull (1759-1848), who was born free in Northampton and became the most prominent Black landowner in Stockbridge, has been borrowed by New York City’s American Folk Art Museum for its new exhibit, “Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North.”