Tag: #NorfolkCT
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Paying Tribute to the Life of James Mars at a Witness Stone Ceremony in Norfolk
By Patrick L. Sullivan in the TriCornerNews on May 5, 2021 NORFOLK — The life of James Mars was celebrated at the Norfolk Congregational Church on Sunday, May 2, with a ceremony marking the unveiling of a witness stone honoring Mars, the last slave bought or sold in Norfolk. Continue reading.
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James Mars Day
Salisbury School students honor James Mars’s legacy.
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Commemorating History: James Mars Witness Stone Ceremony in Norfolk
By Shaw Israel Izikson in the Winsted Phoenix on May 1, 2021. NORFOLK — A ceremony was held for the unveiling of a Witness Stone for James Mars on Saturday, May 1. According to the Witness Stone project’s website at witnessstonesproject.org, a Witness Stone is a marker that recalls an enslaved individual at a site…
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Salisbury School Students Celebrate James Mars Day
Students at the Salisbury School brought the community together on May 1, 2021, to share their research and reflections on James Mars. Their work was part of a project-based learning course entitled, “Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut,” taught by History Faculty Rhonan Mokriski. The students documented the day with a new website and film.…
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Black American Slave James Mars’s Story in Virtual Program
The Litchfield County Times on March 25, 2021 SALISBURY — Noble Horizons will host “The Life and Times of James Mars: The Story of a Connecticut Slave,” a virtual presentation, on April 1 at 7:15 p,m. Registration for this free Zoom program is at noblehorizons.org. Salisbury history teacher Rhonan Mokriski and his students will discuss their…
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Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut: Project-Based Learning on the Hilltop
By Kristina Miller in Salisbury School News on January 15, 2021 History Faculty Rhonan Mokriski ’90 and his students embarked on a project-based learning course this year entitled, “Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut.” The goal was to engage students as public historians in authentic tasks to discover and share the local contributions people of color have made to the building of…
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Salisbury School Students Chronicle the Lives of African Americans
A blog on the Atlantic Black Box Project, started on December 24, 2020. History teacher Rhonan Mokriski and his students at the Salisbury School have been pursuing a project-based learning course in public history focused on uncovering the lives of free and enslaved African American families in northwestern Connecticut. Continue reading.
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Searching for Slavery in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut
By Rhonan Mokriski on The Atlantic Black Box Project on August 1, 2020 I teach at an independent school in the sleepy Connecticut town of Salisbury (pop 3,598 in 2018). I have been living here for 24 years. My lens has been largely focused on world history – particularly China – so beyond the normal…