Slavery In Litchfield County
Slavery in Litchfield County A lecture by Peter Vermilyea November 19th at 6:00PM The pastoral hills of Litchfield County are inconsistent with the institution of slavery, a notion that is heightened by the fact that the county was the birthplace of prominent abolitionists John Brown and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Yet slavery existed in Litchfield County…