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Newspapers like the Massachusetts Spy published bold, new ideas — and the shortcomings of their British leaders.
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College student Abraham Lima sheds light on the diversity of Bridgeport’s Latino communities in a series with Bridgeport History Center.
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A church connected to Lucy and Lois, documented as the final two enslaved people sold in New Haven in 1825, recently held a service to honor their stories and resilience.
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The exhibit, "Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery," has been open at the New Haven Museum for about a year. The exhibit has been impactful for students because many can see how the fight for equality got its start at the local level, a museum official said.
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In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ended up in the British Museum instead.
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A Connecticut community has taken another step toward reckoning with its past history of slavery. For the first time ever, the town has named a street after a person who was enslaved there and walked that path each day.
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Estimates say that millions of dollars and tens of thousands of acres of land throughout New England were given to soldiers who scalped Native Americans.
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Connecticut's Royal Charter of 1662 recently underwent a six month conservation treatment and will be on display for one day on Feb. 4, 2025.
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Researchers are pouring over old whaling-ship logs at the Providence Public Library to see if the records can help us understand our changing climate.
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The African Meeting House on Nantucket was consecrated in 1825. Two hundred years later, it still stands.