Title:
A Forgotten Son Remembered
Date:
September 25, 2007
Scope & Content:
The man who helped famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass and hundred of others escape from slaveery and who started a civil rights movement in Massachusetts 100 years before its time wasn't even discussed in local history classes –– until now.
Members of the history subcommittee of the Norwich Semiseptcentennial Committee wil launch a two–year effort to gain recognition for David Ruggles.
Colonial
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Members of the history subcommittee of the Norwich Semiseptcentennial Committee wil launch a two–year effort to gain recognition for David Ruggles.
Colonial
1 page
Object ID:
DOC.2007–09–25A
Object Name:
Newspaper Clippings
Collection:
Slaves – Black History
People:
Ruggles, David
Douglass, Frederick
Beit, Eric
Plummer, Dale
Hodges, Graham
Ruggles, David, Sr.
Ruggles, Nancy
Smith, James L.
Douglass, Frederick
Beit, Eric
Plummer, Dale
Hodges, Graham
Ruggles, David, Sr.
Ruggles, Nancy
Smith, James L.
Search Terms:
Norwich
abolitionist
slavery
civil rights movement
Massachusetts
Norwich Semiseptcentennial Committee
Yantic Cemetery
Undergroud Railroad
New York Vigilance Society
hydropathy
Jail Hill
abolitionist
slavery
civil rights movement
Massachusetts
Norwich Semiseptcentennial Committee
Yantic Cemetery
Undergroud Railroad
New York Vigilance Society
hydropathy
Jail Hill