Resources include a portrait of James Mars, born into slavery in 1790, as well as photographs of places associated with slaves who lived in Connecticut, and of the offices of an anti-abolitionist newspaper that suffered destruction at the hands of a mob in an 1861 incident. To find more materials on these and other subjects related to slavery and abolition in Connecticut, use the topic headings within records and other keywords to extend your searches—terms such as “” “slave*,” “antislavery movement,” (enclosing phrases in quotes and using an * to allow for singular, plural or other forms of the word).
