Program 1
Slavery and Freedom in
the West Division
How does learning about our town's history help to understand throughlines to racial issues today?
How does telling these stories humanize those enslaved here? And how does our study show the systemic dehumanization of people enslaved?
Your unit assignment: Students will produce a project to represent their learning about CT and West Hartford’s role in the institution of slavery. Students may choose to write essays, create artwork, write poetry, or represent their learning in additional formats to help the community remember its shared past of slavery and freedom.
Lessons
Whitman on Slavery Document.mp4Listen to - First Documents
Use of terms in List of enslaved in Town's records - Google Slides.webmListen to - Words We Use
Explore the Database of Enslaved People - complete this worksheet
Stories
Ned - Google Slides.webm1. Ned
Bristow'sstory.webm2. Bristow
Story of Simone.webm3. Simone
Jude's Story.webm 4. Jude
COMMUNITY
1776 community map.mp45. Map of 1776 - UPDATE
Church Final.webm6.Church - Slavery and Freedom
Church and Meeting House.mp47. Church - Role in the community
ECONOMY
The Benefits of Inheritance: The Lord Family.webmThe Lord Family
Currency Converter https://www.uwyo.edu/numimage/currency.htm
Pounds Sterling to Dollars: Historical Conversion of Currency
by Eric Nye, Department of English, University of Wyoming
Click here to read an explanation of the calculations.
Enter source year: (1264-1983)
Enter target year: (1913-2020)
Enter old value in pounds: £
Convert Clear
Value at beginning of target year in dollars: $
GOVERNMENT / LAWS
Slave Laws Behavior.mp411.Laws on Slavery - Punishments for Violating Laws
Slave Law Emancipation.mp412. Laws on Slavery- Ending the Trade and Gradual Emancipation
Connecticut Laws on slavery
Freedom Seekers
freedom seekers - Google Slides.webm