Connor Cobb stands by his Witness Stone table at an event held at Mansfield Middle School on March 24. (Melanie Savage)
By Melanie Savage in the Hartford Courant on March 25, 2022
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Middle School grade 8 students have completed their research on a man named Titus, an enslaved man born in Mansfield on February 17, 1743. Students’ research was inspired by the Witness Stones Project, an educational initiative that includes collaborative learning and civic engagement for purposes of honoring the humanity of enslaved individuals. The Witness Stones Project was inspired by the Stolpersteine memorial project, and began in Guilford in 2017. Continue reading.
