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Witness Stones Project Adds Another Chapter to Madison History

WSP · Jun 1, 2022 ·

This new stone honoring Niger has been installed at Horse Pond, at the intersection of Horse Pond and Wildcat Roads. (Photo by Ben Rayner/The Source)

By Ben Raynor in The Source on June 1, 2022

MADISON — The Country School of Madison last week conducted its third installation for the Witness Stones Project, which is a national movement that allows students and municipalities to explore the history of enslavement in their towns. This current stone has an even more special meaning for many in town as investigation has revealed the incredible history of a Madison slave and his contributions.  Continue reading.

 

 

Country School Students Honor Theophilus Niger

WSP · May 23, 2022 ·

On Monday, May 23, 2022, students from The Country School in Madison gathered their community to share the history and honor the life of Theophilus Niger.

Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony Honoring Theophilus Niger

WSP · May 11, 2022 ·

Monday, May 23, 2022
8:15 a.m.
Hosted by the Country School at
Horse Pond Park
Madison, Connecticut

The Country School will bring the Madison community together to remember and honor Theophilus Niger and to place a Witness Stone in his memory.

Reconciling the Dream: Truth, America’s History, and the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King

WSP · Jan 17, 2022 ·

Witness Stones Project Chair Patricia Wilson Pheanious addressed the congregation at North Madison Congregational Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2022.

 

Searching for Tamar, Finding Ourselves

WSP · Sep 16, 2021 ·

This book was written by students from the Country School of Madison in remembrance of Tamar.

Town Dedicates Second Witness Stone in Honor of Madison Woman

WSP · Jun 15, 2021 ·

By Jesse Williams on Zip06.com on June 15, 2021

MADISON — More than 200 years ago, here on the same beaches where Madison residents are currently laid out on the sand catching some sun, a shipwreck washed ashore. From that ship, a handful of people emerged, people who mostly would be spending the rest of their lives working, living, praying, and raising families in what was then known as East Guilford.

Very little is known about these shipwreck survivors. For the most part, their lineages haven’t been traced; their descendants cannot look back on old letters or follow some long record of property ownership to a plot of land in Madison, as many others in town can.

That is because these people were enslaved by the Reverend John Todd of Madison First Congregational Church, having been forcibly removed from their families and homes likely in West Africa, enduring the long Middle Passage across the Atlantic to become unwilling, unsung early settlers on the Connecticut shoreline. Continue reading.

Students from the Country School Remember Tamar

WSP · Jun 7, 2021 ·

In the fall of 2020, eighth graders at the Country School began researching the life of Tamar.  Tamar began her life in west Africa around the year 1744 and was captured and transported to New England, where she was enslaved by the Reverend Jonathan Todd, the second pastor of the First Congregational Church of East Guilford (now Madison). Student artwork and writing inspired by their research can be found here. A Witness Stones for Tamar was installed alongside her daughter Lettuce’s Witness Stone. These memorials honor the mother and daughter and all they brought to our community.

Witness Stones Project Completion Allows Town to Honor Local Enslaved Woman

WSP · Aug 19, 2020 ·

By Jesse Williams on ZIP06.COM on August 19, 2020.

GUILFORD MADISON —Though the pandemic prevented a large community ceremony, Madison saw the installation of its first Witness Stone in front of the First Congregational Church earlier this month, with students from The Country School (TCS) completing the year-long research project into the life of Lettuce (pronounced leh-TOOS) Bailey, a woman who was enslaved in Madison in the late 18th- and early 19th century. Continue reading.

 

Lettuce Bailey Memorial Ceremony

WSP · Aug 1, 2020 ·

We invite you to watch the installation of the Witness Stone to remember and honor Lettuce Bailey. The ceremony was hosted by The Country School of Madison.

Country School Students Record, Honor Life of Enslaved Madison Resident

WSP · Jul 8, 2020 ·

The Country School students will install a marker commemorating enslaved Madison resident Lettuce Bailey in front of the First Congregational Church in Madison. (Photo by Jesse Williams/The Source)

By Jesse Williams in Zip06.com on July 8, 2020

MADISON — After months of research, writing, and conversations, students from The Country School (TCS) have finished up their research on one of Madison’s enslaved residents as part of the Witness Stones Project, with plans to come together and install a marker in front of the First Congregational Church next month. Continue reading.

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