QUASH WILLIAMS
BORN A SLAVE DEC. 16, 1762.
United with the Fort Hill Baptist
Church at the age of 24,
Emancipated at the age of 28, and
DIED NOV. 2, 1830.
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His wife
HANNAH
Lies buried by his side.
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OLD QUASH was truly an example
and by it "he, being dead, yet speaketh."
Erected in 1867 in memory of his
Christian virtues.
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His motto:
"WALK AS WELL AS TALK"
The small white stone, now uprooted, is inscribed, simply, "Q.W." It used to be in the ground now covered by the overgrowth, and next to a similar marker inscribed in like fashion, "H.W." -- I first saw this memorial about 20 years ago. It was the first I had heard of slavery in New London County. Since then much more about this history has been publicized.
White Hall Yard,
Mystic, Connecticut / 09-Oct-04 14:02 EDT
