Title:
Venture Smith exhumation faces legal snag
Date:
July 28, 2006
Scope & Content:
Newspaper article about Nancy Burton's request to immediately halt the excavation work on Venture Smith and family's remains. Judge Lois Tanzer wants Coralynne Jackson, an eighth generation descendant of Smith to be present in court when Tanzer hears arguments.
Colonial
1 page
Colonial
1 page
Object ID:
DOC.2006–07–28A
Object Name:
Newspaper Clippings
Collection:
Slaves – Black History
People:
Smith, Venture
Ballantoni, Nick
Bey, Abishai Ben Reuben
Saint, Chandler B.
Tanzer, Lois
Burton, Nancy
Shapiro, Daniel
Ballantoni, Nick
Bey, Abishai Ben Reuben
Saint, Chandler B.
Tanzer, Lois
Burton, Nancy
Shapiro, Daniel
Search Terms:
slavery
East Haddam
genetics
East Haddam
genetics