Witness Stones Project Completion Allows Town to Honor Local Enslaved Woman

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By Jesse Williams on ZIP06.COM on August 19, 2020.

Though the pandemic prevented a large community ceremony, Madison saw the installation of its first Witness Stone in front of the First Congregational Church earlier this month, with students from The Country School (TCS) completing the year-long research project into the life of Lettuce (pronounced leh-TOOS) Bailey, a woman who was enslaved in Madison in the late 18th- and early 19th century. Continue reading.