Witness Stones Project

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Restore History

Through research, education, and civic engagement, the Witness Stones Project seeks to restore the history and to honor the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities.

Join Us in Bearing Witness

Witness the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities.

BLOG: Witness Stones Panel Discussion in the media

New Haven Register: Guilford Aims to Come to Grips with Town’s Past Slavery

Our panel discussion was a great hit!

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Learning Activity Overview

Just as Norwich has its Boston Trowtrow, Hartford has its Cuff, and Madison has its Pompey, Guilford has Moses, an enslaved person who is remembered, if incompletely, in our local histories. But how …

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What are witness stones?

“Only by coming to terms with history can we free ourselves to create a more just world.” – Drew Gilpin FaustHarvard’s twenty-eighth president…

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Please become a member of the The Witness Stones Project.

Your contributions will provide continued financial support for our efforts to restore the history and humanity of enslaved people while educating our youth in issues of justice, equality, and inclusion. Become a member

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Telling their stories…

Enslaved people and their life stories are honored and witnessed and physically marked in memorial as we bear witness to the telling of their stories……

Darb The Fiddler

July 9, 2017

More coming soon…

July 8, 2017