Connecticut
1676: Executions portend broad assault on Indigenous peoples
1739-1740: Native Americans use courts to win freedom
1773-1779: Black freedom petitions: "For the sake of justice, humanity"
1780-1787: Thousands starve after food imports cut
1784: Rhode Island, Connecticut embrace gradual abolition
1793: New law requires return of fugitives from slavery
1798: Ivory and slavery: The deadly cost of a pianoforte
1832: Maria W. Stewart: Militant abolitionist, women's rights champion
1833: Attacks force closure of school for girls of color
1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin is praised, vilified
1855: Personal liberty laws protect escapees
1860: Wide Awake: The movement that helps Lincoln win
1865: KKK founded; will boast over 500,000 New England members in 1920s
