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Connecticut's "Black Governors"
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Post Date | , 12:am |
| Description | "Evidence of the tradition among African Americans of electing black governors or kings can be found in several New England colonies throughout the eighteenth century. In Connecticut, the practice appears to have started in the mid 1750s. It is thought that slaves, who accompanied their owners to Hartford for the yearly election of the colony's governor, chose a person to become a leader of their community as well. The first black governor mentioned in historical sources is London, who was a slave of Captain Thomas Seymour. He was elected in Hartford in 1755."
An article telling the story of how Connecticut's African American community elected their own "Governor" for a number of years, from 1755-1855.
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