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