Connecticut’s Complicity in Slavery

Melissa Zablonski Putnam High School…

Venture Smith: From Slavery to Connecticut Businessman

by Khalil Quotap Institute for American Indian Studies, Washington…

The Amistad Incident and the Face of Slavery

by Rebecca Furer for Teach It…

A Petition for Freedom in 1779

Christine M. Jewell…

Freedom and Liberty in 1776

Tracey Wilson Educational Consultant, West Hartford Town Historian, and Witness Stones Project Director…

Anti-Racist Allies and Accomplices in Connecticut History

Melissa Zablonski Putnam High School…

From Freedom Seeker to American Success: James L. Smith in Norwich

Regan Miner The Norwich Historical Society…

George Washington’s Slave Census

by Laura Krenicki William J. Johnston Middle School, Colchester…

Abolition and African Americans in Connecticut

Understanding the Census: Tracking Connecticut’s Black Population

Melissa Zablonski Putnam High School…

William Grimes – Seeking Freedom in Connecticut

Deejae Maxwell Library Media Specialist Bridgeport Public Schools…

Asian American History in the Civil War Era: Connecticut’s Connection to the Trade in Indentured Chinese Workers

Dr. Jason Chang and Karen Lau University of Connecticut…

Making a Difference: Individuals in Connecticut History

by Rebecca Furer for Teach It…

The Role of Enslaved People in Founding Connecticut

Melissa Zablonski Putnam High School…

Amos Beman: Freeman, Freedom Fighter, and Agent of Change

Rayna Walters Highville Charter School, New Haven…

The Black Law in Connecticut

Words Change the World: Teaching About Racial Injustice Through the Work of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Ta-Nehisi Coates

Amy Hufnagel Director of Programs & Visitor Experience Harriet Beecher Stowe Center…

William Lanson: New Haven Entrepreneur, Abolitionist, and Black Governor

Rayna Walters Highville Charter School, New Haven…

Learning by Looking: Reading a Post-Civil War Photograph

Amy Hufnagel Director of Programs & Visitor Experience Harriet Beecher Stowe Center…

To Join, or Not to Join, George Washington’s Army