All posts tagged "Florence mass."

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  Connecticut

  David Ruggles, the Go-To Conductor on the Underground Railroad

  David Ruggles helped 600 enslaved people to freedom during the 1830s despite attempts to kill him, kidnap him and burn down his...

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  Connecticut’s Great Mulberry Mania of the 1830s

  Two hundred years ago, dreams of riches from silk thread sparked mulberry mania throughout Connecticut. Tens of thousands of mulberry trees were...