"Legacy of a Wealthy Slave" with Denise Manning Keyes Page

The David M. Hunt Library welcomes Connecticut storyteller Denise Manning Keyes Page to share the story of her ancestor, Alfred C. Manning. She will share parts of the trilogy “Legacy of a Wealthy Slave," discussing her mother’s orphaned childhood and of how she, Denise, came to learn of her ancestors’ story. Her great-great grandfather in Edenton, NC was a formerly enslaved man who purchases his freedom, moves to New Haven, registers a patent for his invention, buys property, and sends two of his sons to Yale University. Ms. Page will share more about the unfolding of Mr. Manning's "enslavement-to-autonomy" story.