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Forgotten Voices

The Hidden History of a New England Meetinghouse

Carolyn Wakeman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Wesleyan University Press

Published:26th Dec '19

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Told through the words of those whose lives the meetinghouse shaped, Facing the Past uncovers a hidden past. It begins with the displacement of Indigenous people in the area before Europeans arrived, continues with disputes over worship and witchcraft in the early colonial settlement, and looks ahead to the use of Connecticut’s most iconic white church as a refuge and sanctuary. Relying on the resources of local archives, the contents of family attics, and the extensive records of the Congregational Church, this community portrait details the long ignored genocide and enslaved people and reshapes prevailing ideas about history’s makers.

ISBN: 9780819579232

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Weight: unknown

200 pages