JOURNAL ARTICLE

"From whence the fair and dark have equal birth": THEIR KINDRED REVISES THE HISTORY OF A CONNECTICUT TOWN.

  • Published In: Connecticut Explored, 2025, v. 24, n. 1. P. 18 1 of 3

  • Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Parsons, Jennifer Stettler 3 of 3

Abstract

The article focuses on how curator Jennifer Stettler Parsons presents photographer William Earle Williams's project that reexamines Old Lyme Connecticut by uncovering its hidden history of enslavement and racial injustice beneath its famous scenic landscapes. It explains how the research of historian Carolyn Wakeman and the Witness Stones Project led to a major photographic exhibition and book that revise how the town and its past are understood.

Additional Information

  • Source:Connecticut Explored. 2025/12, Vol. 24, Issue 1, p18
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2025
  • Accession Number:190739907

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