African Americans Archives - Windsor Historical Society

Glimpses of Windsor’s Black Patriots

Michelle Tom2022-09-30T11:55:23-04:00September 30th, 2022|Tags: African Americans, American Revolution, black history, veterans|

Piecing together someone’s life from scant documentary records is a bit like closing your eyes through a silent film and only opening them for a second every few minutes. Such is the case for the Black men of Windsor who fought in the Revolutionary War. To see more of the picture of their lives, we must fill in the blanks with what we can infer from the records, what is known about other people in similar situations, and what we can speculate might have happened.

Meet the New Additions to Our Collections Committee

Michelle Tom2022-08-26T10:51:28-04:00August 26th, 2022|Tags: African Americans, diversity equity inclusion|

We’re pleased to welcome two new members to our Collections Committee, Victoria Brown and Anthony Martin! Victoria Brown, who we featured in a recent article about her oral history interview, grew up in Windsor [...]

Oral History Spotlight: Delia Jubrey

Michelle Tom2022-08-11T13:13:05-04:00August 11th, 2022|Tags: African Americans, Griswold, oral histories, Scott, Sharp|

Delia “Dee” Sales Jubrey was born in 1938 to Douglas Willard Sales and Marion Scott Sales. For most of her childhood, Delia lived in a two-room home on William Street in Windsor with her parents and two older sisters, Barbara and Patricia.[...]

Oral History Spotlight: Victoria Brown

Michelle Tom2022-02-02T15:40:56-05:00February 2nd, 2022|Tags: African Americans, women|

Victoria Brown's deep-rooted connection to Windsor and New England extends for generations. Possessing records dating back to the 1700s, Victoria is one of few fortunate Black individuals who can trace their lineage with ease.

Equal Participation: A Historical Overview of WAACA

Michelle Tom2021-12-15T15:56:05-05:00December 15th, 2021|Tags: African Americans|

Windsor Afro-American Civic Association Mission Statement: “The enhancement and facilitation of equal participation within all aspects of the civic, social and economic processes within the Windsor community.”

Chaffee House Reopens with New Exhibit and Inclusive Reinterpretation

Michelle Tom2022-01-22T14:22:20-05:00July 19th, 2021|Tags: African Americans, black history, Chaffee, Chaffee House, doctors, exhibitions, slavery, women|

Since the Society’s two historic houses have been closed for the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff has taken this opportunity to reinterpret the Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House to more deeply reflect [...]

Meet Our Newest Staff Member!

Michelle Tom2021-07-23T15:26:32-04:00July 16th, 2021|Tags: African Americans, diversity equity inclusion, oral histories, Windsor Historical Society|

WHS's new Community History Specialist Sulema DePeyster in the Strong-Howard House garden. My name is Sulema DePeyster, and I am the Community History Specialist at the Windsor Historical Society. My job is to [...]

Dr. Primus Manumit, Windsor’s First Black Doctor

Michelle Tom2021-05-26T11:27:31-04:00May 7th, 2021|Tags: African Americans, black history, doctors, medicine, slavery, Wolcott|

The service of a doctor requires skill, understanding, patience, and knowledge. To become one after being torn from your family and forced into servitude for a man you know nothing of makes the already arduous feat exceptional. In the late 18th century, after years of enslavement Dr. Primus Manumit became Windsor’s first Black doctor.

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Michelle Tom2021-02-08T11:25:53-05:00February 8th, 2021|Tags: African Americans, diversity equity inclusion|

Noted Black historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson named the second week in February “Negro History Week” in 1926. He selected this week to correspond with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, which many [...]

A Kneel-In for Equal Employment: A Civil Rights Protest in Windsor

Michelle Tom2021-03-15T14:13:29-04:00January 13th, 2021|Tags: African Americans, Carville's, civil rights|

One of the many civil rights protests that occurred in the summer of 1963 took place at Carville’s Restaurant in Windsor. It was part of an effort by Hartford's North End Community Action Project (NECAP), which galvanized local civil rights leaders to take a more confrontational approach towards publicizing and solving greater Hartford’s racial issues.

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