Witness the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities.

Understanding the Twin Pandemics: Covid-19 and Racism in America

It has been a long three months in the United States. First, the early data of the deaths from Covid-19 in America and reflected an unacceptable racial disparity. Then, the ongoing killing of unarmed African Americans by the police and others, culminated in the cold-blooded murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis leaves us in pain. Now our streets are filled with protesters and we wonder how we got here.
One word: Slavery. …

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Just as Norwich has its Boston Trowtrow, Hartford has its Cuff, and Madison has its Pompey, Guilford has Moses, an enslaved person who is remembered, if incompletely, in our local histories.  But how many more enslaved people contributed to Connecticut in the Colonial and Early American periods.  Who were they?  Where did they live? Did they die enslaved?  …

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“Only by coming to terms with history can we free ourselves to create a more just world.” – Drew Gilpin FaustHarvard’s twenty-eighth president…

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