Ann Plato – Biographical and Critical Sources

References 

Welburn, Ron.  Hartford’s Ann Plato and the Native Borders of Identity.

Williams, Kenny J. Introduction to Essays; Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces.

Plato, Ann. Essays; Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Poetry. Hartford, 1841.

Beeching, Barbara.  Hopes and Expectations: The Origins of the Afro-American Middle Class in Hartford, Connecticut, 1790–1860. 

Public Resources 
  • ConnecticutHistory.org – Articles on Hartford’s Black history 
  • Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library 
  • Connecticut State Library digital newspaper archives 
  • Poetry Foundation biography of Lydia Huntley Sigourney