A panel of experts talks about efforts to uncover long-ignored stories and recalibrate our understanding of Connecticut’s historical involvement with slavery. Former State Representative Pat Wilson Pheanious shares her family’s story in Connecticut Public’s new series Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery; Akeia de Barros Gomes, Senior Curator of Maritime Social Histories at the Mystic Seaport Museum previews the upcoming exhibition Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty and the Sea; and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Blight discusses the new book Yale and Slavery: A History. Panelists will talk about the projects and explore big questions that have led to this moment. Moderated by Diane Orson, Special Correspondent with Connecticut Public. Program presented by Connecticut Public and the Connecticut Museum.
Witness Stones
Old Ti and the Old Center Cemetery
By Bill Sullivan in the Suffield Observer on April 1, 2024
The Suffield Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Second Baptist Church’s Common Room. My American Studies students from Suffield Academy will present a brief history of the Old Center Cemetery and illuminate the three centuries of gravestone art exhibited in our town’s outdoor museum. Students will also share documents explaining the narrative history of Old Ti, who was the sexton at the Old Center Cemetery. Old Ti was enslaved by Reverend Ebenezer Gay, Sr. Continue reading.
Henry Staats Installation Ceremony
Somerset County provided support for the Witness Stones research and memorialization of Henry Staats. We invite you to visit their website to see more photos from the installation ceremony.