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Groups propose mural, cemetery signage and cenotaphs to mark African American history in Norwich
Summary
John Mills of the Alex Grama Corporation and representatives from UCFS described a multi‑part project to commemorate the life of an enslaved man known from an 1824 narrative; the Historic District Commission outlined COA and jurisdictional next steps.
At the Jan. 15 meeting the commission heard a public presentation from John Mills, president of the Alex Grama Corporation, and Pam Kinder of UCFS about a multi‑phase project to recognize an enslaved man from Norwich whose narrative appears in Lydia Sigourney’s 1824 book.
Mills described a three‑part plan: (1) pursue a mural on a UCFS building that faces the African‑American section of Old Norwich Town Cemetery; (2) install signage or markers denoting the cemetery’s African‑American burial area and identify Revolutionary War soldiers believed to be buried there; and (3) place interpretive signage at the Washington Street site near where the man was enslaved, adjacent to the East District Schoolhouse. Mills said the story includes transatlantic enslavement, family members…
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