As the Civil War began, white Fairfield county residents remained divided on just how much they were willing to sacrifice to defeat the South (and end slavery). Local industries that had extensive trading ties in the South were hindered by the wartime embargo. Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton”
(A note from the author: please forgive the delay in this series publication due to personal and professional demands. This will be the first of three articles to conclude the Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton “
As the lofty promises of the Declaration of Independence that declared the self-evident truth of man’s equality remained elusive, Black Americans sought to hold the new nation accountable. Unlike the white majority, enslaved Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton: “
The independence movement in Connecticut did not mean an end to enslavement among the colonials. Rather, though Connecticut banned the import of additional enslaved people in 1774, its revolutionaries and loyalists alike remained Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton”
Enslavement in Connecticut ran wide and deep. In fact, by the time of the Revolution, an estimated 5,000* mostly African and African American and Indigenous peoples were enslaved in Connecticut (Hinks n.d.). Enslaved laborers built Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton “
The horror of the transatlantic slave trade is unfathomable in its depravity, impact and magnitude. An estimated 12.5 million Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton”
Though we pause our investigations until the new year to offer a Christmas Message, this message, too, is laden with human history.
And at the heart of our Christmas celebration, is a particular history. We tell an ancient story of a poor, brown-skinned, refugee, Jewish family Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton: A Christmas Message”
The story of the land acquisition by the English settlers in what is now Easton and the surrounding areas is traced through its peoples and their contested lands, among them the Paugusett and their kin, the English Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton “
It was in a 1965 Ebony essay that James Baldwin once said history wasn’t something to be read, that it didn’t refer merely to the past. No, he wrote, “the Continue reading “The People and Lands of Christ Church Easton “
The holiday season provides a time of community, love, and hope. But the holidays can also be a difficult time, especially for those grieving and/or struggling financially. Debt, poverty, hunger and homelessness have only been Continue reading “Community Invited to Christ Church Easton Tree Lighting Saturday, Dec. 4”
