Talk at Ansonia Library to highlight wealthy former slave's legacy

ANSONIA - Join us tomorrow Feb. 21 at 12 p.m. [at Ansonia Library] for a powerful presentation uncovering a remarkable New Haven family story with connections to Yale University. 

Based on research conducted at the Beinecke Library and highlighted in David Blight’s "Yale and Slavery," this program explores the life of a formerly enslaved inventor who died wealthy and the legacy of his family before 1920.

Descendant and New Haven native Denise Manning Keyes Page, founder of Ubuntu Storytellers and performer on The Moth Main Stage, will share two moving true stories about resilience, family, and rediscovered history.

To register please click on the link below: https://forms.gle/68XUGKJwLEpzxv7w8

Shared from the Ansonia Library Facebook page.

Valley Save Our Youth to host Juneteenth celebration at Gatison Park in Ansonia

 

Save the date: Valley Save Our Youth to mark Juneteenth at Gatison Park in Ansonia

 

Community to celebrate Juneteenth today at Gatison Park in Ansonia

 

Shelton Historical Society to present program on slavery in Connecticut

In Fairfield County, the area that became Shelton had a large number of slaves within its boundaries, second only to the town of Fairfield.

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Dear readers, 

Today's Valley Voice newsletter features a performance by actress Tammy Denease. She recounted the true story of a woman who was a slave in New London in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Thanks for reading,

Patti

Shelton Historical Society to present talk on slavery in Connecticut

Slavery is topic of talk at Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton

SHELTON - In recognition of Black History Month the Shelton Historical Society will hold a program about slavery and its impact on local life during Colonial times.
February is Black History Month.

Society President Marty Coughlin will present Perspectives on Slavery in Connecticut and Shelton at 1 p.m. Feb. 21 at Plumb Memorial Library, 65 Wooster St. 

Plumb Memorial Library./Patricia Villers photo 

Find out who the largest slave owner was in Shelton, and learn about Elnathan Curtis and what he did for Shelton during the American Revolution.

Refreshments will be served.

A $5 donation is requested to support the historical society.

Shelton Historical Society to hear talk on slavery in CT

Black History Month presentation planned