The Hempsted Houses
The 1678 Joshua Hempsted House, owned by Connecticut Landmarks, is open to the public and contains a family archive of early abolitionist papers. An 1843 letter by Mary Hempsted Bolles is among the collection, in which she challenges her church’s position on slavery. A school was established in the house by Mary’s father and among the students were several African American children, which was unusual for the period. Hempsted descendants continued to stand against slavery throughout the 19th century.
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