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Labor History in Connecticut
Find stories about labor and working in Connecticut HERE.

African American History in Connecticut
Stories from back issues of Connecticut Explored and episodes from our companion podcast Grating the Nutmeg tell about…

Summer 2020: Uncovering African American Women’s Fight for Suffrage
By Karen Li Miller (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2020 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! On March…

What’s Connecticut’s Role in Westward Expansion?
By Connecticut Explored In the early Republic, Connecticut’s economy was largely focused east and south.…

Slavery in Connecticut
Published narratives by formerly enslaved people who escaped to Connecticut in the 19th century reveal…

What’s Connecticut’s Story of Immigration?
Until the 1840s, Connecticut’s population was dominated by the British. There was a smattering of…

Connecticut and its Constitutions
Special issue: 200th Anniversary of the Constitution of 1818 Stories in the issue: Where the…

Connecticut in the Civil War
Connecticut in the Civil War (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. In the mid-1800s, relations between the…

100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage
Summer 2020 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage EDUCATORS! Scroll down for lesson plans p.13 State…

Modernism in Connecticut
Written and photographed by Robert Gregson (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Winter 2009-2010 SUBSCRIBE/Buy the Issue…

Historic Preservation
Find stories across our many issues about Historic Preservation HERE.