New Research Presented on the Hempsted Family and Slavery
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New London, CT ?????Join Connecticut Landmarks on Sunday, September 17 at the Joshua Hempsted House for powerful stories of slavery, resistance, freedom, and courage.??At 2 pm, Aileen Novick, Program Manager at the Hempsted Houses shares new research about the complex lives of the people who lived in the Joshua Hempsted House ??? including slaveholders, civic leaders, abolitionists, a Revolutionary War hero, and at least two enslaved people.??
Aileen, who is managing the reinterpretation of the Hempsted Houses, has a master’s degree in public history from Northeastern University. She previously had positions at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Indiana Historical Society and Historic Locust Grove in Louisville, Kentucky.
Light refreshments will accompany the lecture. A suggested donation of $5 from attendees benefits the Hempsted Houses.
The Hempsted Houses are located at: 11 Hempsted Street, New London, CT. The site is open for tours May through October. For hours and more information, visit www.ctlandmarks.org; email hempsted@ctlandmarks.org; or call (860) 443-7949.
About The Hempsted Houses
The 1678 Joshua Hempsted House is the oldest house in New London and is one of New England???s best-documented dwellings. Adjacent to the Joshua Hempsted House is a rare stone house built in 1759 by Nathaniel Hempsted. Both structures survived the 1781 burning of New London and stand today as testaments of 17th and 18th-century daily life.
About Connecticut Landmarks
Founded in 1936, Connecticut Landmarks is the largest state-wide heritage museum organization in Connecticut. The historic, landmark properties span four centuries of Connecticut history and include: the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden, Bethlehem; the Butler-McCook House & Garden and Main Street History Center, Hartford; the Buttolph-Williams House, Wethersfield; the Hempsted Houses, New London; the Isham-Terry House, Hartford; the Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry; the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden, Suffield. Connecticut Landmarks??? mission is to inspire interest and encourage learning about the American past by preserving selected historic properties, collections and stories and presenting programs that meaningfully engage the public and our communities. For more information, please visit www.ctlandmarks.org