Sarah Harris Fayerweather was a Black activist and abolitionist who fought for school integration in the early 19th century.
ReadJames Lindsey Smith was one of many slaves who found freedom through the Underground Railroad network that included many stops in Connecticut.
ReadOn October 24, 1877, the Goodspeed Opera House on the Connecticut River in East Haddam officially opened to the public.
ReadDavid Miles Hotchkiss was an educator, abolitionist, and public servant who served the town of Prospect throughout his entire life.
ReadMarian Anderson performed and traveled in segregated spaces and emerged as one of the great singers of the 20th century.
ReadIda Tarbell became one of the most famous “muckraking” journalists in 19th century America, thanks largely to her investigation of the Standard Oil Company.
ReadThe history of the Civil War surrounds Connecticut residents both in terms of its physical realities and in the lasting legacies of a complicated conflict.
ReadOn October 3, 1651, Henry Stiles of Windsor was killed when the gun of Thomas Allyn, also of Windsor, accidentally discharged during a militia exercise.
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