Tag: #StepnaPrimusCT52
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Lives Of Enslaved Couple Honored on Juneteenth At Pardee-Morris House
Ellyn Santiago for Patch.com on June 6, 2022 NEW HAVEN, CT —Stepna Primus, a “husband and farmer,” was enslaved by Amos Morris, Issac Forbes, and Enos Heminway, at the Morris house in New Haven. In 1796, Primus was emancipated. Also enslaved at the Morris House was his wife, Pink, “mother, wife and landowner,” who…
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Witness Stones Unearth New Haven’s History Of Enslavement
By Lucy Gellman on Arts Council Greater New Haven on June 4, 2021 Sixth grader Kymani Chapman held a heavy cube steady in both hands, the letters on its face glinting. A name caught in the light: Stepna Primus, once enslaved by Amos Morris, Isaac Forbes and Enos Hemmingway in New Haven. Chapman steadied himself, feet spread…
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Witness Stones Will Recall Lives of Enslaved Individuals in New Haven
From the New Haven Museum New Haven, Conn. (May 18, 2021)— Students from The Foote School will install commemorative Witness Stones Memorials recalling the lives of Pink and Stepna, two enslaved individuals who once lived in the Morris House, now known as the Pardee-Morris House, during a ceremony at the site on June 2, 2021,…
