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Country School Students Tell the Stories of Slavery in Their Community

WSP · Apr 30, 2020 ·

From The Country School, published April 2020.

Eighth Graders at the School began participating in the Witness Stones Project in the fall of 2019, setting out to tell an untold story about a woman named Lettuce Bailey, who was enslaved in Madison, Connecticut, until she was freed in the late 18th century, first in 1791 and then again in 1793. By recovering and sharing Lettuce’s story and installing a brass Witness Stones memorial in her honor, students also sought to tell a broader, and largely unknown, story about our local community. Continue to the Country School website.

From The Country School website, published April 2020.

Country School Students Take in Poetry as They Begin to Research Slavery in Madison

WSP · Dec 18, 2019 ·

Poet Jumoke McDuffie-Thurmond shares his writing and insights with The Country School students as they begin to research slavery in Madison as part of the Witness Stones Project. (Photo by Jesse Williams/The Source)

By Jesse Williams in Zip06.com on December 18, 2019

MADISON — As 7th- and 8th-grade students at The Country School (TCS) prepare to delve into the history of local slavery and the lives of enslaved people as part of The Witness Stones Project, the school hosted a speaker whose words and insights helped prepare students for the tragic and personal explorations they will soon undertake. Continue reading.

Country School Students Seek to Research, Honor Lives of Local Enslaved Persons

WSP · Nov 20, 2019 ·

Students from The Country School prepare to present to the Board of Selectmen as part of The Witness Stones Project. (Photo by Jesse Williams/The Source)

By Jesse Williams on Zip06.com on November 20, 2019

MADISON — While slavery has remained a consistent, underlying thread causing harm and affecting communities throughout the country, the realities of what slavery looked like in any given place often remains unexplored, according to Dennis Culliton, a former Guilford teacher who has made it his mission to tell those stories and honor those individuals. Due to the efforts of local students, the story of individuals who lived in slavery in Madison will soon be shared. Continue reading.