Told through the words of those whose lives the meetinghouse shaped, 'Facing the Past' uncovers a hidden past. It begins with the displacement of Indigenous people in the area before Europeans arrived, continues with disputes over worship and witchcraft in the early colonial settlement, an...

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1. Verfasser:	Wakeman, Carolyn (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Middletown, Connecticut Wesleyan University Press [2019]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte Kirchliches Leben Old Lyme, Conn. Old Lyme Congregational Church (Old Lyme, Conn.) / History Old Lyme (Conn.) / Church history Old Lyme (Conn.) / History Connecticut / Old Lyme Church history History
Zusammenfassung:	Told through the words of those whose lives the meetinghouse shaped, 'Facing the Past' uncovers a hidden past. It begins with the displacement of Indigenous people in the area before Europeans arrived, continues with disputes over worship and witchcraft in the early colonial settlement, and looks ahead to the use of Connecticut's most iconic white church as a refuge and sanctuary. Relying on the resources of local archives, the contents of family attics, and the extensive records of the Congregational Church, this community portrait details the long ignored genocide and enslaved people and reshapes prevailing ideas about history's makers
Beschreibung:	ix, 273 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits
ISBN:	9780819579232 0819579238