Note – This video was produced in 2022 before the discovery of Spruce Bank Cemetery in 2023.
Additional Videos
Cutline in the Community, Connecticut: True Abolitionist?
Enslaved Black Residents and Their Descendants: Five Lives from Wilton’s Past
Booked for Lunch: Free the Beaches
Episode 11: Am I Not a Man and a Brother
Episode 14: The Music in Her Life
Episode 15: Race Relations in Wilton
Original Research by Dr. Julie Hughes
-
Black Wiltonians 1710s to 1930s
-
Free Northern Born in Wilton 1860s to 1940
-
Free Southern Born in Wilton 1860s to 1940
-
Enslavers of Wilton
(Click maps to enlarge)
Primary Source Materials
Letter Confirming Bill of Sale of Enslaved Man Jack to David Lambert
Hartford Courant advertising enslaved people for sale by John Cannon, November 2, 1784
