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Title:
Despite abolition, education remained elusive
Date:
July 6, 1997
Scope & Content:
Newspaper article regarding the education of slaves in Connecticut. Despite private schools for the affluent educational opportunities for blacks in Connecticut were limited. Education was not available for any black children above the elementary or primary level.

Colonial



2 pages
Object ID:
DOC.1997–07–06A
Object Name:
Newspaper Clippings
Collection:
Slaves – Black History
People:
Mars, James (slave)
Huntley, Lydia Howard
Hyde, Nancy Maria
Sigourney, Lydia Huntley
Cleveland, Aaron
Hyde, Abiah
Harrington, Charles F.
Ryler, John (Rev.)
Lathrop, Harriet
Thomas, Miss
Quy, Joseph
Quy, Lebbeus
Pelham, Fitch
Pelham, George
Pelham, Uriah
Pelham, Thomas
Bond, Alvan (Rev.)
Harris, William Monteflora
Prentice, Sally
Goddard, Calvin
Hart, Levi (Rev.)
Harris, Sarah Ann Major
Baldwin, Simeon
Garrison, William Lloyd
Turner, Nat
Search Terms:
education
abolition
slavery