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Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, 1940s

Click a colored rectangle to view racial restrictions, typically against residents “other than the Caucasian race,” that some housing developers wrote into property deeds in the Hartford region. In 1921, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right of private property owners to insert these restrictions, but later ruled in the 1948 Shelley v Kraemer case that they were no longer enforceable by governmental authority. Yet restrictive language still exists in the legal property records today. To date, we have found racial covenants for a handful of housing developments in West Hartford. Have you seen or heard about other restrictions, in other towns?

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Sources How to Cite

Land Records, Town of West Hartford, CT
    Bel-Crest, Inc. development, vol. 158, p. 7-8, October 30, 1940, and map #250
    Dryad’s Grove development, vol. 164, pp. 342-3, July 29, 1941, and map #271
    High Ledge Homes development, vol. 152, pp. 224-5, June 10, 1940, and map #218
    Hillside Homes development, vol. 164, pp. 168-9, May 26, 1941, and map #270
    Unnamed Asylum Avenue development, vol. 154, p. 116, June 17, 1940; vol. 150, p. 456, May 20, 1940

 
APA 6th Edition
University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. (2012).Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940. Retrieved from http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html.
Chicago 16th edition [author-date]
University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. 2012. "Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940." Accessed June 19. http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html.
MLA 7th edition
"Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940." University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC . Web. 19 Jun. 2012. <http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html>.

 

 

 

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Jack_Dougherty
Project Lead: Aerial Photography Map Interface Design and Development
Jack Dougherty (Trinity College)
Curtis_Denton
Project Management and Interface Design
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Project Management and Interface Design
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Tom_Bachant
Map Interface Development
Tom Bachant (Connecticut State Data Center at the University of Connecticut Libraries MAGIC)
George_Bentley
Shapefile and KML Development
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Katie_Campbell
Document Research and Data Development
Katie Campbell (Trinity College)
Michael_Howser
Map Interface Development and Testing
Michael Howser (Connecticut State Data Center at the University of Connecticut Libraries MAGIC)
Jon_Pollak
Shapefile and KML Development
Jonathan Pollak (Connecticut State Data Center at the University of Connecticut Libraries MAGIC)
Benjamin_Spaulding
Developing Map Interface Code
Benjamin Spaulding (GIS Doctor)

 

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Funding for this project was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the NEH.

 

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