Students from RHAM Middle School gathered with descendants and the Hebron, Connecticut, community to share the story of Cesar Peters.
Cesar Peters Honored in Hebron, Connecticut
Witness Stones
Conversation Club at the Stanley-Whitman House
Join the Stanley-Whitman House as they welcome guest Witness Stones Project Director of Operations Liz Lightfoot for a workshop that will take participants through an intro to the history of slavery in Connecticut and then a discussion of the five themes developed by Dennis Culliton, Founder of Witness Stones Project. Then, explore/interpret documents related to the enslavement of Pharaoh/Pharo/Robin by enslaver John Stanley as evidenced by a bill of sale, a primary source document, from the archives of Stanley-Whitman House. Lightfoot has done some preliminary research into his “seller” and “purchaser” and has some thought- and question-provoking details to have attendees begin to unpack, including additional information about others enslaved by the same individuals.
Witness Stones Installation Ceremony
Richard Wyman, of Old Lyme, plays “This Little Light of Mine” and is joined unexpectedly by Nikita Waller, who sang a solo earlier, and her son Kenneth Waller-Beaulieu, 6 months, at the end of the Witness Stones Old Lyme installation ceremony held Friday, May 31, 2024, at the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library in Old Lyme. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
By Dana Jensen in The Day on May 31, 2024
Old Lyme ― A ceremony was held at Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Friday to recognize 10 more Witness Stones being placed at the Lyme Library. The Witness Stones program started in Old Lyme in 2020. The group now has a total of 48 stones in Lyme and Old Lyme. Richard Wyman and Nikita Waller performed solos. During Wyman’s final solo of the song “This Little Light of Mine“ Waller joined him. The Witness Stones program does research to learn about the slaves who lived in an area and recognizes them with a small plaque.
