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Town of Old Lyme Honors 16 More Lives Once Enslaved in Community

WSP · Jun 3, 2022 ·

By Jolie Sherman NBC Connecticut on June 3, 2022

Historians are remembering the lives of those who were enslaved in Old Lyme.

Now, 30 brass plaques known as Witness Stones can be found along Lyme Street and McCurdy Road as a way to recognize both enslaved African and Native Americans and sites of enslavement in Old Lyme.

According to Witness Stones Old Lyme, more than 200 African and Native Americans were brought over to the town of Lyme between 1670 and 1820, which then included Lyme, Old Lyme and parts of East Lyme and Salem. Continue reading.

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