Hosted by Old North Illuminated Thursday, March 23, 2023 7:00 – 8:30pmLive on Zoom Register here Much ink has been spilled writing about Southern New England’s cultures, religions, and history. However, those writings have largely excluded Black and Indigenous New Englanders. Historians and literary theorists who study Black and Indigenous New Englanders have argued that … Continue reading Event of Old North Illuminated | Remembering Black and Indigenous Peoples in New England’s Religious History on 3/23/23
Yale Event Tomorrow | A Tree’s View of History: the longleaf pine’s integral role in the American slave trade on 2/15 at 1pm
Hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment and Orion Magazine Wednesday, February 15, 20231 p.m. EST Register here Join us tomorrow afternoon for a conversation with Lacy M. Johnson about American history and the longleaf pine. Johnson will be expanding on her essay about the longleaf pine’s integral role in the American slave trade, … Continue reading Yale Event Tomorrow | A Tree’s View of History: the longleaf pine’s integral role in the American slave trade on 2/15 at 1pm
Opportunity at Munson Institute, Mystic | Summer Fellowships to Reimagine New England’s Past
Hosted by the Frank C. Munson Institute at Mystic Seaport Museum For more than 60 years, the Frank C. Munson Institute at Mystic Seaport Museum has drawn graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars to its residential, 6 week-long summer programs in maritime studies. During the summer of 2023, Munson Institute fellows, faculty, and guest speakers … Continue reading Opportunity at Munson Institute, Mystic | Summer Fellowships to Reimagine New England’s Past
Brown Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice | Call for Contributions: Reimagining New England Histories Publications Platform
Overview Reimagining New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty, and Freedom project is a public humanities project. A joint venture between Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ), Williams College, and Mystic Seaport Museum, the project is a collaborative effort with partners from Native Nations and organizations and African American communities and … Continue reading Brown Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice | Call for Contributions: Reimagining New England Histories Publications Platform
Conference | Teaching Race & Slavery in the American Classroom 11/3 – 5
Hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center at Yale Thursday, November 3, 2022 • 6:30pm through Saturday, November 5, 2022 • 3:30pm Register Here • Full Conference Schedule The 24th Annual Conference hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center at … Continue reading Conference | Teaching Race & Slavery in the American Classroom 11/3 – 5
Event | Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England on 9/14
A Zoom Presentation by Dr. Jean M. O'Brien Hosted by Historic Northampton and Sponsored by On Native Land: Leverett Advocacy & Education Group Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7 pm Register here Professor Jean O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe) will discuss how local historians in New England, writing between 1820 and 1880, promoted the myth of … Continue reading Event | Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England on 9/14
Event | Upstander Project Films Online at Stanley-Whitman House on 6/16 and 6/23
Hosted by the Stanley Whitman House Stanley-Whitman House presents the screening of two Upstander Project Films this June, made possible by a grant from Connecticut Humanities. The films – Dawnland, screening on Thursday, June 16th at 7:00 pm, and Bounty, screening on June 23 at 7:00 pm – seek to initiate tough, meaningful conversations about … Continue reading Event | Upstander Project Films Online at Stanley-Whitman House on 6/16 and 6/23
Dudley Saltonstall’s Other Career
By Anne Farrow Captain Dudley Saltonstall is best known in Maine and national history for his disastrous leadership during the Penobscot Expedition in 1779, and for a rout which resulted in the loss of more than forty ships and the end of his naval career. Sometimes called the worst naval disaster in American history before … Continue reading Dudley Saltonstall’s Other Career
Opportunity | Summer Fellowships for Reimagining New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty, and Freedom
SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS WILL REIMAGINE NEW ENGLAND’S PAST Learn more and apply here During the summer of 2022, Munson Institute classes will be a part of the Reimagining New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty and Freedom project. The Frank C. Munson Institute at Mystic Seaport Museum, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice … Continue reading Opportunity | Summer Fellowships for Reimagining New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty, and Freedom
Opportunity | Mystic Seaport Museum Summer Internship
Summer 2022 | Monday, June 6 through Friday, August 12, 2022 Learn more here Spend your summer on the banks of the beautiful Mystic River as you learn more about museums and the maritime world. The summer internship program at Mystic Seaport Museum is for college students interested in pursuing a career in museum studies, … Continue reading Opportunity | Mystic Seaport Museum Summer Internship
The Real Sam Huntington
Any study of the Black Governors in early Connecticut will turn up a mention of “Sam Hun’ton, slave to Governor Samuel Huntington," all drawn from a single secondary source. Can this claim be substantiated? Pauline Merrick tries to unravel the mystery.
Event tonight | An Upside Down World: The Reign of Black Governors in Connecticut on 2/10/22
Professor Kerima Lewis will discuss the state's rich history of Black governors Hosted by the New Haven Museum Thu, February 10, 2022 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST Register here You may be familiar with William Lanson, the 19th-century engineer, entrepreneur, and civic leader elected as Black governor in New Haven in 1825 and whose … Continue reading Event tonight | An Upside Down World: The Reign of Black Governors in Connecticut on 2/10/22
Event tomorrow | Slavery in New England, with Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson on 2/6/22
Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson will examine the history of the slave trade and slavery in the American North. Guiding listeners through the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts to present day racism in New England, she'll underscore the ways in which what occurred in the past had real implications on how the world and power are understood today.
Job Opportunity: Youth Intern & Program Coordinator at Mystic Seaport Museum
Position title: Youth Intern and Program Coordinator Status: Regular full-time, grant funded for two years Department: Education Reports To: Director of Education SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: Mystic Seaport Museum is seeking a full-time, year-round dynamic Youth Intern and Program Coordinator to run a summer youth intern program and to coordinate programming for the Museum’s emerging Center for … Continue reading Job Opportunity: Youth Intern & Program Coordinator at Mystic Seaport Museum
Event | Venture Smith Day Festivities on 9/11
The 25th annual Venture Smith Day Festivities will be held on Saturday, September 11th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the First Church Cemetery, 499 Town Street (RT. 151), East Haddam, Connecticut, where Venture Smith (1729-1805) is buried. Learn more here Son of an African king, Venture Smith was the first black man to … Continue reading Event | Venture Smith Day Festivities on 9/11
Event | Yale and Slavery in Historical Perspective
Hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, The MacMillan Center at Yale University 23rd Annual ConferenceYale and Slavery in Historical Perspective October 28-30, 2021 The conference will be conducted remotely. Register here Commissioned by President Peter Salovey, a working group of historians, librarians, student researchers, and community members is conducting … Continue reading Event | Yale and Slavery in Historical Perspective
Event | Gleaming in the Shadow of Slavery: A Conversation with Descendants of African Americans of Old Yale
Sponsored by the Yale and Slavery Research Project; the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center at Yale; and Dixwell Congregational Church, UCC Thursday, September 16, 2021 • 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Register here This panel discussion will explore lineages of families of early African-American staff and students at Yale. Through this program, we hope to … Continue reading Event | Gleaming in the Shadow of Slavery: A Conversation with Descendants of African Americans of Old Yale
Event | Venture Smith: An African American in 18th Century Connecticut
Hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Center Wednesday, July 28, 2021 • 6:00 to 7:30 pm Register here Join Joy Burns, Elizabeth Normen, Nancy Steenberg, and Tom Thurston as we discuss teaching Venture Smith’s extraordinary life to better understand slavery and freedom in 18th century New England. The first 30 teachers to register and attend the workshop will receive a free copy … Continue reading Event | Venture Smith: An African American in 18th Century Connecticut
Event | Slave Dwelling Project comes to the Phelps-Hatheway House in CT this weekend
Joseph McGill, founder of the nationally renowned Slave Dwelling Project, will visit and provide two programs at the Phelps-Hatheway House--a historic house museum at 55 South Main Street in Suffield, Connecticut--on Saturday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday June 13 at 1.p.m.-2:30 p.m. These in-person programs are free. For reservations and more information … Continue reading Event | Slave Dwelling Project comes to the Phelps-Hatheway House in CT this weekend
How the Myth of a Liberal North Erases a Long History of White Violence
Anti-black racism has terrorized African Americans throughout the nation’s history, regardless of where in the country they lived. By Christy Clark-Pujara and Anna-Lisa Cox This article was originally published on the blog for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History as the first of a five-part series titled "Black Life in Two Pandemics: Histories of … Continue reading How the Myth of a Liberal North Erases a Long History of White Violence