A Struggle from the Start Exhibit Contents Preface Preface, exhortation and acknowledgements I. Objects in the Dark, 1638-1775 The meaning of slavery Sons and daughters of Africa in Colonial Hartford The Black Codes II. Emerging from the Shadows, 1775-1819 Free Blacks before the Revolutionary War The Black Governors Blacks in the Revolutionary War III. Born in Struggle, 1819-1863 Rising Black bourgeosie The formation of a Black community Movements for change IV. Citizens of Color, 1863-1890 Military and Political Participation, 1863-1871 Black Society after the Civil War Black Labor The Black Elite: The "Talented Tenth" V. Changing Times, Changing People, 1890-1920 Second Wave of Immigration Mass Political Participation Building Community Institutions VI. Streets Painted Gold, 1920-1960 Under construction