Restoring History & Honoring Humanity
WEST HARTFORD — On Aug. 20, 1740, John Hosmer of West Hartford settled a debt with his neighbor. He didn’t settle the debt with money, but by handing over Ned, a 9-year-old Black child valued at 115 pounds. Continue Reading.
From The Country School, published April 2020.
Eighth Graders at the School began participating in the Witness Stones Project in the fall of 2019, setting out to tell an untold story about a woman named Lettuce Bailey, who was enslaved in Madison, Connecticut, until she was freed in the late 18th century, first in 1791 and then again in 1793. By recovering and sharing Lettuce’s story and installing a brass Witness Stones memorial in her honor, students also sought to tell a broader, and largely unknown, story about our local community. Continue to the Country School website.
From The Country School website, published April 2020.
By Jesse Williams in Zip06.com on December 18, 2019
MADISON — As 7th- and 8th-grade students at The Country School (TCS) prepare to delve into the history of local slavery and the lives of enslaved people as part of The Witness Stones Project, the school hosted a speaker whose words and insights helped prepare students for the tragic and personal explorations they will soon undertake. Continue reading.
