All posts tagged "long island"
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4.3KConnecticutJames Covey, African Sailor, Helps the Amistad Captives to Freedom
In 1839, a young black sailor named James Covey held the key to freedom for 53 Africans who appeared in a Spanish...
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6.9KConnecticutSamuel Smedley, Fairfield’s Boy Commander of the Connecticut Navy
Samuel Smedley captured a dozen British vessels during the American Revolution, but the biggest obstacle to greater glory was the stinginess of...
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11.5KConnecticutElizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett Starts the 1st Scandal in Greenwich
Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett started the first scandal in Greenwich, Conn., over – what else? – infidelity and real estate. The...
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11.6KArts and LeisureThe Jack Kerouac Fantasy Baseball Game (Yes, That Jack Kerouac)
Jack Kerouac invented a fantasy baseball game with homemade cards that he played well into adulthood. After he played the games, he...
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8.6K2MassachusettsCapt. John Underhill Gets Un-Banished From Massachusetts Bay, 1640
Capt. John Underhill paid a steep price for crossing the early Puritan establishment in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was banished, and...
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