Connecticut Freedom Trail Month
Join us and invite others as we recognize
William Lanso (Black King of New Haven)
Connecticut Freedom Trail Plaques
on New Haven’s Long Wharf
and the Farmington Canal.
Saturday, September, 19th 2009
10:00am in the Community Room
Gateway Community College
60 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT
Light refreshments served after the dedication program.
RSVP by September 11th,
203-589-4344 or rozhamilton@yahoo.com
William Lanson was New Haven’s most interesting
19th century, African-American entrepreneur.
A heany construction contractor who extended New Haven’s
Long Wharf and worked on the Farmington Canal,
Lanson owned other businesses including a hotel, a
grocery store and a stable and livery service.
Lanson served as Connecticut’s Black Governor
in 1825.
Sponsored by The Amistad Committee, Inc.
Funding from the
Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism
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