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In the Wake of George Floyd’s Death, a Connecticut Town Marks Juneteenth and Recalls Its Own Legacy of Enslaving Men, Women and Children

WSP · Jun 19, 2020 ·

Witness stones, to commemorate the lives of slaves who lived in West Hartford, rest next to a headstone in the Old Center Cemetery in West Hartford. (Kassi Jackson/The Hartford Courant)

By Susan Dunne in the Hartford Courant on June 19, 2020

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.