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