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The slaves of central Fairfield County : the journey from slave to freeman in nineteenth-century Connecticut

Title
  1. The slaves of central Fairfield County : the journey from slave to freeman in nineteenth-century Connecticut / Daniel Cruson.
Published by
  1. Charleston, SC : History Press, 2007.
Author
  1. Cruson, Daniel.

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Description
  1. 124 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Slavery > Connecticut > Fairfield County > History
  2. Enslaved persons > Connecticut > Fairfield County > Biography
  3. Enslaved persons > Connecticut > Fairfield County > Social life and customs
  4. African Americans > Connecticut > Fairfield County > Social life and customs
  5. African Americans > Connecticut > Fairfield County > Politics and government
  6. Antislavery movements > Connecticut > Fairfield County > History
  7. Underground Railroad > Connecticut > Fairfield County
  8. Fairfield County (Conn.) > Race relations
  9. Fairfield County (Conn.) > Rural conditions
  10. Fairfield County (Conn.) > Politics and government
Contents
  1. Slavery in Connecticut : the background -- The slaves of Newtown -- From slave to freeman -- Two case studies : Cato and Tobias -- Slave archaeology : a window in African American spiritual life -- Images of slave life in Connecticut -- Blacks in the Revolution -- Abolition and the Underground Railroad : Blacks and local folklore -- Appendix : the slaves of central Fairfield County.
Call number
  1. IQM (Fairfield Co.) 07-5338
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124).
Author
  1. Cruson, Daniel.
Title
  1. The slaves of central Fairfield County : the journey from slave to freeman in nineteenth-century Connecticut / Daniel Cruson.
Imprint
  1. Charleston, SC : History Press, 2007.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124).
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  1. Table of contents only
LCCN
  1. 2006035481
ISBN
  1. 9781596291515 (alk. paper)
  2. 1596291516 (alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. IQM (Fairfield Co.) 07-5338
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