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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cruson, Daniel.
Imprint:	Charleston, SC : History Press, 2007.
Description:	124 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Slavery -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- History. Slaves -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- Biography. Slaves -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- Social life and customs. African Americans -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- Social life and customs. African Americans -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- Politics and government. Antislavery movements -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- History. Underground railroad -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County. African Americans -- Politics and government. African Americans -- Social life and customs. Antislavery movements. Politics and government Race relations. Rural conditions. Slavery. Slaves. Slaves -- Social life and customs. Underground Railroad. Fairfield County (Conn.) -- Race relations. Fairfield County (Conn.) -- Rural conditions. Fairfield County (Conn.) -- Politics and government. Connecticut -- Fairfield County. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6431859

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ISBN:	9781596291515 (alk. paper) 1596291516 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124).

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: The Problem
1. Slavery in Connecticut: The Background
2. The Slaves of Newtown
3. From Slave to Freeman
4. Two Case Studies: Cato and Tobias
5. Slave Archaeology: A Window into African American Spiritual Life
Images of Slave Life in Connecticut
6. Blacks in the Revolution
7. Abolition and the Underground Railroad: Blacks and Local Folklore
Appendix. The Slaves of Central Fairfield County
Notes
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