URR Trail: Stonington (Mystic)
Greenmanville Historic District Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Avenue Named for its founders, Greenmanville represents a typical 19th century industrial town with a rich documented history of participation in the movement to abolish slavery. The Greenman brothers founded a shipyard here and became social leaders in the community that grew around it. They contributed to the […]
URR Trail: Hartford
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 71 Forest Street, Hartford The Beecher-Stowe House part of the Mark Twain House complex – a bunch of absolutely beautiful old houses in Hartford. It’s also, of course, a museum which I visited here. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), an antislavery novel of enormous impact in the […]
URR Trail: Glastonbury
Kimberly Mansion, Glastonbury 1625 Main Street This stop along the Underground Railroad Trail is a rarity; it has its own Wikipedia entry as well as other web presence. Good for you, Kimberly Mansion! It also has a bronze plaque in the middle of the front lawn which I didn’t notice until looking at my picture. […]
URR Trail: Enfield
Shaker Village Shaker Road This area was once occupied by the only Shaker settlement in Connecticut. Dissenting from many activities of American society, the Shakers were associated with reform movements, including feminism, pacifism, and abolitionism. The diary of one member records the visits of fugitive slaves to the settlement, including Sojourner Truth, who spoke at […]
URR Trail: Deep River
William Winters House & Neighborhood Winters Avenue & Mitchell Lane It’s not often I find myself in downtown Deep River. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever been there before now. It just doesn’t have the caché as say, a Chester or an Essex. Yet there it is, right between the two. Perhaps it’s a […]