News and Features
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The History Is with Us: Remembering New England’s Forgotten Role in Slavery
By Diane Orson on Connecticut Public Radio on June 7, 2023 When we think of slavery in the U.S, we don’t often think of the North. But residents of one Connecticut town recently honored the legacy of a woman who — centuries ago — was enslaved in their community. Her story and those of…
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The Witness Stones at the Foote School
Students from the Foote School began working with the Witness Stones Project in 2019. In 2023, they created a website to document their research. Please click here to visit their site.
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A Tangled Story: Witness Stones Project Celebrates Placement of New Plaques Honoring Enslaved
In LymeLine.com on June 7, 2023 OLD LYME — On June 2, a large audience, along with musicians, singers, genealogists, poets, and descendants, gathered on the lawn of the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library to honor the lives of enslaved persons who lived in Old Lyme. The Old Lyme Witness Stones Project, with the support of its many…
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Witness Stones Installation Ceremony Held On Wooster School Campus
By Lori Kriegel In Ridgefield’s Hamlet Hub on June 6, 2023 The Witness Stones Installation Ceremony took place on the Wooster School campus, organized by the 8th-grade team, on May 30, 2023. As part of their participation in the Witness Stones Project, the students had been delving into the intricate history of enslavement in Connecticut…
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Remembering a Wilton Man’s Life that History Has Obscured —Emancipated Slave John C. Wally
By Steve Hudspeth in Good Morning Wilton on June 6, 2023 On Saturday, June 10 at 4 p.m. at the Wilton Historical Society, an important event will take place: a Witness Stone will be dedicated for the first time in Wilton. Here is its significance. How do you remember a life that history has obscured? In the case of those enslaved in Connecticut, slavery and…
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Old Lyme Unveils New Plaques In Honor of Eight Enslaved
By Emilia Otte in the CT Examiner on June 2, 2023 OLD LYME — A slave named Cornelia was bought in New London for 80 pounds; Hagar Jeffrey ran away at the age of 38; and Prince Griswold Crosley, a soldier and mariner who played the fiddle, served in the American Revolution in exchange for…
