The Hutchinsons were the 19th century's most popular and controversial singing family, cheered in some cities and banned in others. They were protest singers who campaigned with Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. Over a half-century, members of the Hutchinson family put on 12,000 concerts, or more than the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Grateful Dead combined. Three Hutchinson brothers lived for 60 years on a hilltop in Lynn, Mass., considered sacred by American Spiritualists.