by Ruth Glasser (c) Connecticut Explored, Fall 2002 SUBCRIBE/BUY THE ISSUE “If there’s a harvest, you’ve got Puerto Ricans working there,” observes Néstor Morales. Morales knows what he’s talking about-he first came to Connecticut from his native Cataño to work on a tobacco farm. It was 1964. Morales was a veteran of the United States Army. He … Continue reading Tobacco Valley: Puerto Rican Farm Workers in Connecticut