Overview

Told through the words of those whose lives the meetinghouse shaped, Facing the Past uncovers a hidden past. It begins with the displacement of Indigenous people in the area before Europeans arrived, continues with disputes over worship and witchcraft in the early colonial settlement, and looks ahead to the use of Connecticut’s most iconic white church as a refuge and sanctuary. Relying on the resources of local archives, the contents of family attics, and the extensive records of the Congregational Church, this community portrait details the long ignored genocide and enslaved people and reshapes prevailing ideas about history’s makers.

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""Less institutional history than a deeply personal one, Forgotten Voices reveals the centrality of early Connecticut towns' meetinghouses in New England history. Old Lyme's First Church is a microcosm of early America--scandals and all.""--Elizabeth Normen, publisher, Connecticut Explored

Less institutional history than a deeply personal one, Forgotten Voices reveals the centrality of early Connecticut towns' meetinghouses in New England history. Old Lyme's First Church is a microcosm of early America--scandals and all.--Elizabeth Normen, publisher, Connecticut Explored

Less institutional history than a deeply personal one, Forgotten Voices reveals the centrality of early Connecticut towns' meetinghouses in New England history. Old Lyme's First Church is a microcosm of early America--scandals and all. --Elizabeth Normen, publisher, Connecticut Explored

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Carolyn Wakeman is a former professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as faculty chair of the Graduate School of Journalism and director of the Asia-Pacific Program. Her works on Asia and Connecticut history have appeared in numerous journals and publications, including the Journal of Asian Studies and Shakespeare Quarterly.

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