Tag: #WoodstockCT
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The Last Woman Enslaved in Woodstock, Connecticut
By Christopher C. Child on Vitabrevis.americanancestors.org on June 19, 2023 I read two stories of interest in a recent issue of The Woodstock Villager, a local newspaper from my grandfather’s Connecticut hometown. The first story (on page A3) concerned a Witness Stone for Cuff Fellows (1762-1848), who spent half of his life enslaved in Woodstock. The marker was…
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If Stones Could Talk
Witness Stones Chair delivered the Palm Sunday Sermon at the First Congregational Church of Woodstock. We invite you to watch here.
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The Witness Stones Project Comes to Camp
By Mike Sherman on Camp Woodstock YMCA In 1740 the enslaved persons of Ebenezer Lyon, including one named Crumbo, built a stone dam for a grist mill on the outlet stream of Black Pond along what is now called Camp Road. In 1760 the dam harnessed the water to operate the bellows for one of…
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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.…
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Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony to Honor Caesar
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 12:30 p.m. Hosted by Woodstock Middle School at Roseland Park 205 Roseland Park Road, Woodstock, Connecticut Woodstock Middle School will bring the community together to remember and honor Caesar and to place a Witness Stones in his memory.
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Witness Stones Project to Partner with Woodstock Middle School
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with Woodstock Middle School. The school in Woodstock, Connecticut, will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of…
