ROOTS / Migrations
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AMERICA'S EARLY MIGRATIONS People and the LandBeginning at least 14,000 years before European contact, people had been shaping the landscapes of North America and naming their major features. English and European settlers at first added, then largely superimposed, their own agriculture, houses, towns and villages. By the time of the American Revolution, the Eastern seaboard colonies ...Continue |
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YANKEE MIGRATION SPECIAL FEATURE Yankee Migration FAQ (1817)Yankees began to migrate beyond colonial Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island as early as 1640. By 1800, the migration stream had pushed into Northern Pennsylvania, the Ohio River Valley, crossed Northern New York into the Genesee and was moving into the Connecticut/Ohio Western Reserve. ...Continue More By, For and About Yankees (1817) |
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BLACK MIGRATION "Tapestry": A Special Search for RootsInspired by Alex Haley's Roots, James Rose's journey took him back in time, through family interviews, and back to the New London, CT neighborhoods where he grew up….”Driving down toward Shapley Street I noticed right away that the whole black district had been wiped out by urban renewal. All of my old haunts were being torn down, and it was as if a whole part of me had been uprooted and lost to time ...Continue |
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MARITIME CONNECTIONS From "The Sound" to "The Lakes"Although commercial connections between the New England seaport towns and the Great Lakes preceded the American Revolution. Connecticut connections to Lake Erie date back to 1796 when the state founded its “Western Reserve.” ...Continue Lighthouse Connections |