A scrapbook kept by the Noyes family recorded the milestones and events related to individuals the family enslaved. An entry on Sept. 17, 1778 records the birth of a baby girl named Crusa, the fourth child of  Jenny and Prince. Crusa was enslaved by William Noyes in the house that once stood where the Florence Griswold Museum is today. In 1817 Crusa was manumitted by William Noyes, Jr., who granted her “full liberty & free whatsoever she pleases and to act in all respects as any free person can.” Crusa was 39 at the time. It is not clear how or where she spent the remainder of her life. 

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