ABOLITIONISTS HELPED SLAVE WEND WAY TO FREEDOM.(SERIES: STOPS ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM)(Local)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | February 23, 2005 | Copyright

Byline: Alaina Potrikus STAFF WRITER; Compiled by Jan Dempsey/Staff researcher

In recognition of Black History Month, The Post-Standard is taking a look at sites in Central New York that played a significant role in the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement.

Abolitionists in Madison and Onondaga counties completed a logistical masterpiece in freeing a 24-year-old slave in 1839.

They moved her like a chess piece, starting at a Syracuse hotel and taking her from one home to another before she found freedom in Canada.

A handful ...

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