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

The Witness Stones Project was present for another milestone today when the Witness Stones West Hartford Project a committee of the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society along with West Hartford Public Schools held their first installation ceremony honoring George and Jude.

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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 many more enslaved people contributed to Connecticut in the Colonial and Early American periods.  Who were they?  Where did they live? Did they die enslaved?  …

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“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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