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Suffield to Celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday
Journal Inquirer Staff on June 18, 2021
SUFFIELD — A local group is planning to hold the town’s first Juneteenth celebration Saturday on the town green. Juneteenth is a celebration of the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned that they were freed by the emancipation proclamation. The local celebration is organized by Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist Suffield, or ABAR. It will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on the town green. Continue reading.
Witness Stone Would Mark Location Where Slave Lived in Suffield
By Matthew P. Knox in the Journal Inquirer on June 15, 2021
SUFFIELD — Residents who walk by the corner of North Main Street and Bridge Street may soon stumble upon a new addition.
A witness stone, a plaque 4 inches in length and width, is going to be embedded in the stone wall along the sidewalk to honor the life of Tamer, an enslaved woman who worked in a home at the location in the late 1700s. Continue reading.