Journey Along CT Freedom Trail; And ‘Buried Along The Road’ Somewhere

Boston Trowtrow. Hello, sir. “In Memory of Boston Trowtrow Govener of ye African Tribe he Died May 28 1772 At 66.” Trowtrow served as Black Governor of Norwich from 1770 to 1772, a role that emerged from African political traditions and became a form of self-determination and resistance within Connecticut’s Black community. The Black Governor elections allowed both enslaved and