Litchfield

Tapping Reeve Law School

Photo by Carol A. Hanny

"They might have also stopped in Litchfield, in the keeping of Judge Tapping Reeve."  (Ruthman  1998:  1A)



Deacon Joel Blakeslee, William Bull, and Deacon Ferrand Dunbar, mentioned by Wilbur H. Siebert in
The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom

"There were many slaves, both African and Pequot Indian, in the South Plains section of town in the early 19th century."
(email correspondence)

Litchfield First Congregational  Church Rectory
Underground Railroad room in attic (oral tradition)