PBS

Unforgotten: Connecticut's Hidden History of Slavery | One-hour special

Enslaved people helped build the foundation of CT. Get to know the lives they lived. Slavery has deep roots in Connecticut and across New England. Enslaved people helped build the foundation of much ...
Hartford Courant

The little-known history of the Connecticut Kansas Colony and its role in ending slavery

Until now, the pre-Civil War story of a courageous anti-slavery effort in Kansas by scores of Connecticut emigrants has largely slipped through the cracks of history. But Michael Stubbs of Eskridge, ...

A new museum tells an interactive history of CT immigrants. ‘We can tell our own story’

The city’s new Caribbean Heritage Museum, with touchscreens playing neighborhood stories, walls displaying decades of ...
The Bulletin

Connecticut turns 237 years old today. Here's the story of how it became a state

As one of the original 13 colonies, Connecticut has an interesting founding story, from being the first state to write a constitution to being the fifth state to join the United States. In fact, ...
WTNH

This Week in Connecticut History: President Bill Clinton visits in 1994 to push for his universal health care plan

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In this week’s edition of This Week in Connecticut History, we look back at a presidential political battle. On Feb. 24, 1994, sporting a UConn hat, flanked by Connecticut’s ...
PBS

Historical examination

Slavery existed across colonial Connecticut, contrasting with America’s sanitized history. Slavery existed across colonial Connecticut, and enslaving people was legal in Connecticut for more than 200 ...
WTNH

Connecticut tribal and education leaders partner to develop Native American studies curriculum

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Teaching the history and culture of Native Americans is the goal of a new partnership between the state of Connecticut and the five recognized tribes. Native American history ...