Tag: #CesarCT94
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Game Changer: Witness Stones Project
By Dennis Culliton in Connecticut Explored, Winter 2022-23 Issue When I was a child growing up in southern Massachusetts I was fascinated by New England history and curious about the colonial and early American houses that surrounded me. I would close my eyes and try to imagine the lives of the people who lived in…
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Witnessing the Past: Woodstock Middle School Students Pay Tribute to an Enslaved Man Born in 1784
By Donna Dufresne On June 7, 2022, seventh graders from Woodstock Middle School shared evidence and insights about slavery in the dedication ceremony of a Witness Stone for a young man named Caesar, who was born enslaved in 1784 and raised with three other young men, Cit, Simon, and Prince in the Samuel McClellan home.…