From the mid-18th to mid-19th century, African American communities in New England developed their own political and cultural structure headed by elected officials known as Black Governors or Black Kings. Black Governors/Kings operated at the local level and performed several important social functions including heading events, resolving conflicts, and advocating for the African American community. From 2010 -2018, Central Connecticut State University(CCSU) professors and students, volunteers, and descendants have been excavating the homesite of one, and potentially two, Black Governors: Quosh Freeman and his son Roswell in Osbornedale State Park, Derby, Connecticut to raise awareness of the Black Governors as part of the historic African American presence in the city of Derby. Additionally, the homesite was occupied for 110years which provides an understanding of the daily life of three generations of the Freemans and their establishment and maintaining of homeplace across a racialized
landscape.
Негізгі бет Three Generations of the Freeman Family in Derby, Connecticut
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