03/07/2026
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ, I discovered that the grave of ๐ก๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ป existed in Brooklyn, NY and was damaged. Nancy was enslaved in Georgia, brought to Connecticut by the grandparents of ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐. She won her freedom in court... a case that occurred in 1837 at Connecticut's Old State House.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, I found Nancy Jackson's current day descendants and walked them through Bulloch mansion in Roswell, Georgia were her mother and three siblings remained enslaved.
๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ, the site coordinator at ๐๐๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น reached out to me. They were planning a program about Nancy and her family. I was able to share my research to help with their program. They then asked me to be part of the program, but I was unable due to my schedule.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, a Georgia man reached out to me. He said he went to the program at ๐๐๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น in Roswell, Georgia. He was told about my work in researching Nancy and wanted to know more. So, I'm now compiling my research to share with the world.
I feel strongly that historians in Connecticut have ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ the Nancy Jackson story. They've essentially limited her to the 4 weeks of her court case, ignoring her parents, siblings, her love for them, and the other 93 years of her life. They've ignored her humanity, intent on praising Connecticut rather than truly honoring Nancy and her family, which includes her current-day descendants. I refuse to let that persist. I see this outreach as God telling me I'm changing that.
Still walking...
