Joan & John Jackson’s Story
Part 3
Suing for Freedom
The story of Joan and John Jackson illustrates the difficult and painful choices faced by enslaved parents who tried to keep family members from being sold apart. Even freedom was no guarantee for enslaved families in the colonial North.
A page of the Joshua Hempsted diary
1711–1758
Joshua Hempsted (English, born Connecticut colony, 1678–1758)
Some of what historians know about the life of Adam Jackson can be found in the diary of his enslaver, Joshua Hempsted.
New London County Historical Society, New London, CT.
Produced by Historic Hudson Valley for People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North Interactive Documentary.
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