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Ridgefield Students to Research Stories of People Enslaved by One of Town’s Founding Families

WSP · Jun 23, 2022 ·

The David Scott House on Sunset Lane in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Ridgefield students will research the stories of those enslaved by Scott, the patriarch of one of the town’s founding families.

 

By Kendra Baker in the Ridgefield Press on June 23, 2022

RIDGEFIELD — Eighth graders in town will embark on a project-based learning experience next fall that not only teaches historical inquiry skills, but allows them to honor former enslaved residents whose stories have not been fully untold.

The students will work with the Witness Stones Project — an organization that works with schools and community groups to “restore the history and honor the humanity” of enslaved individuals in Connecticut — to tell the story of two enslaved people from Ridgefield’s past. Continue reading.

 

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