Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center

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Archival Series Publications & Coloring Book

To order, call a Retail Associate at (860) 396-6883 today!

$3.00

Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffe,
A Man of Colour: To Which is Subjoined The Epistle of the Society of Sierra Leone, In Africa & c. York, England: C. Peacock. 1811

Paul Cuffe, Sr., one of the most important and least known of the anti-slavery leaders in the United States, was the son of a freed African slave and a Wampanoag Indian woman from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. He rose from poverty to become one of the wealthiest men of color in the United States by the first decade of the nineteenth century, his fortune based on skill as a shipbuilder and merchant-captain.

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$12.00

Eighteenth Century Native Communities of Southern New England in the Colonial Context.
Jack Campisi, ed. Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. Occasional Paper No. 1. 2005

In 2002, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center sponsored a conference on the Native communities in southern New England during the nineteenth century. This book is a result of that conference. It contains 11 essays with subjects covering the religious, economic, military, and political events that affected both Native and non-Native life. Among the tribes presented are the Mashpee, Mashantucket Pequot, Nipmuck, and Mohegan.

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$4.00

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Paul Cuffee,
A Pequot Indian: During Thirty Years Spent At Sea, and in Traveling in Foreign Lands. Vernon: Horace N. Bill. 1839

Paul Cuffee. Jr., the son of his famous father of the same name and a Wampanoag woman from Martha’s Vineyard, began his career as a member of the crew on his father’s ship. During the War of 1812, he was captured by the English in the Caribbean, imprisoned, and eventually escaped. He spent the rest of his life sailing on merchant ships and whalers, ships that touched nearly every part of the world.

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$3.95 (includes Crayola® crayons)

Life in a Cold Climate Coloring Book

The illustrations and story in this coloring book are based on the Museum’s caribou kill diorama, a 50-foot-diameter exhibit depicting a chilly day in late autumn approximately 11,000 years ago. Add color to this exciting world of mammoths, wolves, caribou and more. Explore, learn & discover your way into the past.

This coloring book and numerous other titles, as well as Native American toys, games, crafts, clothing and jewelry are all available through the Museum’s gift shop, The Trading Post (860) 396-6883.

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$3 for first book, add $.99 per additional book To place your order please call (860) 396-6883 or visit the Trading Post during museum business hours.

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