Where I Live – Hebron and Connecticut by John D. Baron on
Pomp Mundo was a slave of Rev Samuel Peters…. [He] earned funds to purchase his freedom from his Norwich owner in 1768, but instead his owner sold him. Rev. Peters purchased Pomp Mundo around 1774 with the intent of freeing him, but the Hebron Selectmen refused. Pomp Mundo married and raised a family. He was eventually manumitted in 1789, but given his age found it difficult to support himself. In the 1790’s Pomp Mundo moved to Vermont as a farm laborer and vanished from the records.Pomp Mundo’s story is typical of many Connecticut slaves. He was sold from owner to owner and was in his fifties when he was freed and started a family. He had 8 children, but faced financial hardships. He tried to settle in Lebanon, but was returned to Hebron as a pauper. In the 1790’s he rented the John and Mary peters farm on East Street, but could not turn a profit. He eventually moved to Vermont and supported himself as an impoverished farm laborer.