Category: Witness Stones
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School of the Holy Child 2024 Ceremony
Students from School of the Holy Child gathered to honor the life of Peg Lyon. We invite you to watch highlights from the ceremony here.
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Timberlane Middle School Remembers the Enslaved of Hopewell Valley
Students from Timberlane Middle School gathered the community to share their recovered history of Nance and her family. We invite you to watch the ceremony and discover the children’s artwork […]
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Historical Society Celebrates the Humanity of Greenwich’s Enslaved at Ceremony
From the Greenwich Sentinel on May 16, 2024 Four enslaved individuals who resided at Bush-Holley House in the 18th and 19th centuries were honored at a ceremony on April 26th at […]
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Witness Stones Project Receives Historic Preservation Award
The Somerset County (NJ) Cultural & Heritage Commission recognized the Witness Stones Project alongside the Friends of the Abraham Staats House, the South Bound Brook School District, and the […]
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Collaborative Effort Installs Witness Stone to Honor Cambridge Gould in Branford
By Pam Johnson in The Sound on May 4, 2024 A Witness Stone to honor Cambridge Gould, an enslaved man who lived in Branford circa 1757, was installed May 3 outside First […]
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Branford Students Honor Formerly Enslaved Man with Witness Stone Installation
By Sydney Boyo on NBC Connecticut on May 3, 2024
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The Witness Stones Project Unearths and Shares Stories of Northern Slavery
By Diane Orson on May 1, 2024 on NPR’s All Things Considered For centuries, stories of northern slavery were not easy to find. Understanding slavery in this project involves learning […]
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Greenwich Students Unearth History of 4 More of Town’s Enslaved People for Historical Markers
By Robert Marchant on April 27, 2024 in the Greenwich Time GREENWICH — The lives of enslaved laborers who toiled on the fields, stables and kitchens of Greenwich in the 1700s […]
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Painting a More Complete Picture: “Unnamed Figures” Highlights Black Presence and Absence in Early American History
By Chris Larabee in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on April 18, 2024 In partnership with the American Folk Art Museum, Historic Deerfield is presenting an exhibition on the unexplored histories of […]
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Unforgetting – Restoring and Reclaiming Connecticut’s Hidden Histories
A panel of experts talks about efforts to uncover long-ignored stories and recalibrate our understanding of Connecticut’s historical involvement with slavery. Former State Representative Pat Wilson Pheanious shares her family’s […]