Session laws -- Connecticut ]]>
MR. TIMOTHY GREEN, printer, was the eldest son of Deacon Timothy. He became associated in the printing business in Boston, with Samuel Kneeland, in 1727. About this time they started the fourth newspaper printed on the continent, The New England Journal. After a few years this was united with the Boston Gazette, the second newspaper established in the British colonies of North America. The two papers were united under the title of The Boston Gazette and Weekly Journal. The partnership of Kneeland & Green continued for twenty- five years. In 1752, Green removed to New London, and became the acting manager in his father's business, the whole of which was soon resigned to him. He succeeded his father as printer of the colony; and at this time there was no other press in Connecticut. He commenced the publication of the New London Summary and Weekly Advertiser, Aug. 8, 1758. This was the second establishment of the kind in the colony. After a life of industry and usefulness, he died Oct. 3, 1763.

See also an image of the print shop Green operated in New London during the Revolutionary period:

http://www.revolutionaryct.com/kayaportfolio/timothy-greens-print-shop/

The Green family was an important family of American printers:

https://books.google.com/books?id=k6fDl9gE45IC&pg=RA1-PA90&lpg=RA1-PA90&dq=green+family+a+dynasty+of+printers&source=bl&ots=B-d1jzeceO&sig=mN3oIU-mrgN4nUjE8O9qCbqX-5c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rrMJVaX6GIzIsQSLmYGoCQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=green%20family%20a%20dynasty%20of%20printers&f=false

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Connecticut ]]> New-London : Printed and sold by Timothy Green, 1756 ]]> Link to Primo]]>
Law -- Connecticut ]]> An Act Concerning indian, Molatto and Negro Servants and Slaves" (pgs. 233-235). In 1784, "gradual emancipation" was passed in Connecticut (and Rhode Island). This law was intended to slowly "phase out" slavery, and would become the primary mechanism of abolition throughout New England. In Connecticut, it worked like this: All enslaved persons born on or after March 1, 1784, remained bonded while children, but were released upon reaching a certain age (first 25, later reduced to 21). All enslaved persons born before 1784 remained enslaved for life. This allowed slavery to slowly disappear.
http://www.yaleslavery.org/Resources/timeline.html#t2

http://connecticuthistory.org/gradual-emancipation-reflected-the-struggle-of-some-to-envision-black-freedom/]]>
Connecticut ]]> New London : Printed by Timothy Green, Printer to the Governor and State of Connecticut, 1784-[1786] ]]> Link to Primo record]]>