Antioch Baptist Church in Gloucester held its Antioch Homecoming Celebration over the weekend, beginning with a gathering Friday that explored local enslaved history through talks by Dr. David Brown and Sarah Edwards of the Fairfield Foundation, a Gloucester nonprofit dedicated to archaeology, historic preservation and education. At the end of the talks, a group gathered for a healing circle, led by Apostle Markita Brooks, at right in a white headband in the photo above. Below, Saturday’s celebration included the dedication of grounds belonging to the Fairfield Plantation where an ancestors’ trail will be created to remember the enslaved people who lived on the plantation. Participating in the ceremony were, from left, Dr. Darold Cuba, who spoke on oral histories; Fairfield staff members Nancy Rubin, who discussed artifacts the foundation has uncovered, and Sara Lewis, who organized the gathering; Brooks; and Sam Carter-Shamai, who spoke about the history of the Piney Swamp region....