Witness Stones
West Hartford
Project Directors Dr. Tracey Wilson, Elizabeth Devine, Denise deMello
The WITNESS STONES PROJECT seeks to honor the humanity and contributions of the enslaved people who, in part, built this community.
The WITNESS STONES PROJECT seeks to honor the humanity and contributions of the enslaved people who, in part, built this community.
How can we remember slavery and freedom in West Hartford?
How can we remember slavery and freedom in West Hartford?
How did enslaved people retain their humanity and resist slavery?
How did enslaved people retain their humanity and resist slavery?
How did slaveholders dehumanize the people they enslaved?
How did slaveholders dehumanize the people they enslaved?
How did slaveholders profit from the people they enslaved?
How did slaveholders profit from the people they enslaved?
What role did government/business/church play in maintaining and dismantling slavery?
What role did government/business/church play in maintaining and dismantling slavery?
Who had the power?
Who had the power?
"Slavery is the landscape that you learn to see.”
"Slavery is the landscape that you learn to see.”
Anne Farrow, author, The Logbooks: Connecticut’s Slave Ships and Human Memory
Anne Farrow, author, The Logbooks: Connecticut’s Slave Ships and Human Memory
Participating Schools - King Philip , Sedgwick, and Bristow Middle School , Kingswood Oxford and Solomon Schechter
Participating Schools - King Philip , Sedgwick, and Bristow Middle School , Kingswood Oxford and Solomon Schechter
Grateful to our Sponsors
Grateful to our Sponsors
Sandy and Arnold Chase Family Foundation
Sandy and Arnold Chase Family Foundation
For more information contact : Dr. Tracey Wilson WH Town Historian traceymwilson@gmail.com