Virtual Presentation!
From 1754 to 1770 Native Americans from across the Northeast travelled to Lebanon, Connecticut as students in Moor’s Indian Charity School. This diverse cohort of Native youths would go on to play pivotal roles in the American Revolution, and their experiences in Connecticut gave them connections and information that would inform their decision making and shape their perceptions of the war. These students would take on many attitudes towards the war, with some siding with Britain and others with the United States, while others remained vocally neutral.
Please join us for a virtual presentation by Yusuf Mansoor as he explores written material from the Connecticut Museum’s American Revolution collection. Yusuf spent time at the Museum this past summer as the Project Scholar for the Connecticut Museum’s American Revolution Papers Digitization Project. This 3-year project is funded by a federal earmark awarded in 2023.
This virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Contact Jen Busa, Public Programs Coordinator at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org.
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Thank you to our series sponsors Camille and Gregory F. Servodidio!
About the Speaker: Yusuf Mansoor is a PhD candidate at University of Connecticut and Project Scholar for the American Revolution Papers Digitization Project for Summer 2026. His research focuses on the importance of slavery in shaping Native American perceptions of the Atlantic World in the seventeenth century. He reads against archival grains to tell the histories of underrepresented people and communities. Originally from Connecticut, Mansoor received his BA from George Washington University in 2018 and his MA from William and Mary in 2020. His work has been supported by the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Society of Colonial Wars, and the American Philosophical Society.
