“Slavery in New England” presented by Dennis Culliton

Event time: 
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - 5:00pm
Location: 
The Whitney Center See map
200 Leeder Hill Road
Hamden, CT 06517
Event description: 
 
Click here to read the minutes from this meeting.
 
Dennis Culliton presented the Witness Stones Project, which was inspired by the Stolpersteine project in Germany (and with their blessing) and his research on Connecticut slavery. Although not often taught in schools, slavery by European settlers and their descendants in Connecticut lasted for more than two centuries and included both the enslavement of Africans and of Native Americans. Using his research, the Witness Stones 

Project was created by Dennis and others to bear witness to this past by installing markers which recall individual enslaved persons at a site of significance where they lived, worked, or prayed.  The Project is partnering with local schools to help students research the history of an enslaved individual from their community and reconstruct the memory of that person through the written record and, ultimately, with the installation of a commemorative Witness Stone. 
 
Dennis Culliton has been teaching Connecticut eighth graders for over twenty years. He is a history teacher at E. C. Adams Middle School, Guilford, a local historian, and the chair of the Witness Stones Committee. Prior to his teaching career, he worked as a contract administrator with the Navy, the Department of Energy, and the U. S. Coast Guard, and served as a sergeant in the U. S. Marine Corps.
 

Project Website: www.witnessstones.org

Douglas Nyren, who will introduce the session, is a retired child, adolescent and family therapist who specialized in treating autistic and traumatized children. As a supervisor at the Clifford Beers Clinic in New Haven, he held an appointment as assistant clinical professor at Smith College’s School for Social Work.
 

This meeting was free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. with a reception. 

The lecture presentation was from 5:30-6:30 p.m. with discussion.
 
Dinner follows for CAAS members and guests. (Dinner fee is $35/person.) For this dinner children were welcome and, thanks to a generous grant, their meals were free, but they must have a reservation made before the deadline of February 6, 2018.
 
**The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences has received a monetary grant to support dinners for children, grandchildren and other minors of CAAS members for the February 13, 2018 meeting devoted to Black History in Connecticut.  

For this event, children, grandchildren and others from 8-18 were invited to dine with CAAS members free of charge.  The meeting started at 5 PM ended by 8 PM at the latest.

Please notify the CAAS office whether a child’s or adult’s menu is preferred as well as the number of individuals attending.  

A response by February 6, 2018 is necessary for planning purposes.


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For information, dinner reservations, and directions, phone the CAAS office at (203) 432-3113 ext. 2 or email: caas.membership@yale.edu
 
Dinner reservations are required one week prior to the meeting (February 6, 2018). Any cancellations must be received 48 hours before the meeting in order for dinner cost to be refunded.  
 
Free parking is available.