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SUMMARY:Prince Mortimer Revisited
DESCRIPTION:Free on Zoom |  Click HERE to register. \nCommunity Historian John Mills will give an update on his extensive research into the life of Prince Mortimer\, a slave from Guinea who was brought to New England in 1730 when he was six years old and died at the age of 110 in 1834 while serving a life sentence at the Wethersfield prison. John has advocated on behalf of Prince Mortimer and other individuals with similar untold histories to ensure that their stories are heard and remembered. \nAbout John: \nOriginally from San Diego\, John Mills is a technologist by trade but a genealogist and equity advocate by passion. The descendant of both southern and northern slaves\, as well as the descendant of slave holders due to their relationships with female slaves\, John focuses on unearthing little-known people and stories of this country’s history in slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. John’s goal is to honor the forgotten\, as well as to apply critical thinking to our history as a means to find solutions to the many ripple effects today. Learn more about his work at https://alexbreanne.org.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/prince-mortimer-revisited/
CATEGORIES:Serving Up History
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SUMMARY:Madison’s America: Is It Possible to Sustain Democracy in the 21st Century?
DESCRIPTION:Free on Zoom  |  Click HERE to register. \nHistory Professor Rafaele Fierro will talk about James Madison’s idea that in a large republic\, with lots of people\, representative democracy could work because competing interests would cancel each other out. Now in 2023\, with 340 million Americans\, can we keep our republic intact in the age of social media? Rafaele will explore this question during his presentation. \nAbout Rafaele:\nRafaele Fierro was born and raised in Hartford\, Connecticut\, the son of Italian immigrants. He attended Bulkeley High School in Hartford\, received his B.A. from Trinity College in 1992\, and his doctorate in immigration history from the University of Connecticut in 2000. He was inspired to teach history while at Trinity by Professor Jack Chatfield. Rafaele is currently a Professor of History at Tunxis Community College in Farmington and has written numerous articles for the Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online (ECHO).
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/madisons-america-is-it-possible-to-sustain-democracy-in-the-21st-century/
CATEGORIES:Serving Up History
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SUMMARY:When Hartford Was a Retail Hub: the Growth of the City’s Great Department Stores (Zoom Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Hartford was once a thriving center for retail\, with several large department stores\, including the legendary G. Fox & Co. Daniel Sterner will talk about the development of the city’s major department stores\, comparing the different ways they grew from small dry goods outlets into multi-department retail complexes. Stores to be discussed include Brown-Thomson\, Sage-Allen\, Wise-Smith and\, of course\, G. Fox – which became the nation’s largest privately-owned department store. \nRegistration is required. \nAbout Daniel: \nDaniel Sterner received a bachelor’s degree in History from Wesleyan University and holds master’s Degrees in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago and American Studies from Trinity College in Hartford.  He has worked as a museum guide for the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum\, The Mark Twain House & Museum\, and Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Sterner is the author of two books\, Vanished Downtown Hartford and A Guide to Historic Hartford\, Connecticut. To learn more about Daniel’s work\, visit his YouTube channel HERE.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/when-hartford-was-a-retail-hub-the-growth-of-the-citys-great-department-stores/
CATEGORIES:Serving Up History
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