Historical Context
How does telling the stories humanize those enslaved here?
How does our study show the systemic dehumanization of people enslaved?
How does learning about our town's history help to understand through-lines to structural racism today?
Runaways:
Adverts 250 Project : Advertising which includes adds about selling enslaved people and runaways as well as other items which help us to understand the context of the times.
Church Final.webmChurch and Meeting House.mp4Noah Webster The Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry, 1793 Connecticut Courant Advertisement
Noah Webster, The Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry, 1793
New York Public Library African Resistance to the Slave Trade
Yale Slavery and Abolition Project https://slavery.yale.edu/links/external-databases
Slave Auctions http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/enslavement/text2/slaveauctions.pdf