All posts tagged "farmington"
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30.2K8IrregularsThe Cover-Up of the Connecticut Witch Hysteria of 1647-63
Witch hysteria took hold in Connecticut 45 years before Salem, Mass., began its own orgy of witch killing, On May 26, 1647,...
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4.0K1Today's History Highlights ArchiveMaine Swords, Steakhouses and Carousels in Today’s HIstory Highlights
What would a Civil War soldier make of today’s weapons of war? When you walk any Civil War battlefield, one of the...
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3.6KToday's History Highlights ArchiveJackie O, Frigid Couples and Secession in Today’s History Highlights – 8.21.2013
Before she was Jackie Onassis, she was Jackie Kennedy, of course. But before that she was just Jackie Bouvier. And while Jackie...
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16.0K13ConnecticutBlack Kings and Governors of New England
From about 1750 to 1850, New England had at least 31 elected black kings and governors, nearly all of them enslaved. They...
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