Underground Railroad towns in NY..... (New York, Buffalo: houses, live, areas)

[ckhthankgod]

I was wondering about what other towns or cities were big in the Underground Railroad in NY State as I know about the Syracuse, Elmira, Ithaca, Buffalo, Rochester, Oswego, Auburn, Troy, Sodus, Peterboro and Utica areas, but are there any other cities and towns that were involved as well?

[suescanal]

In High Falls, Ulster County. The D&H canal was used for commerce in the 1800's;I remember hearing about a "false lock" that was part of the route for runaway slaves.Sojourner Truth lived in Ulster County, a former slave who played a major role in the Underground movement.

[moparboy]

Williamson in Wayne County was a major stop, in fact, it was a "port", if you will, for runaway slaves on their way across the lake to Canada.

Hope this helps.

[ckhthankgod]

Cool, it makes sense with Sodus being right there too. Any others?

[plattsburgher]

There are documented houses along the Lake Champlain Valley area, specifically Peru, NY and other houses nearer to the Canadian border that still stand and have rooms that were actually used to help slaves reach the border. There are a few books out also I believe that talk about this in depth......Many of the local people in this area knew about the traffic along the route and had specific houses to refer people to along the way. Not to change the subject, but later when prohibition was in effect, the same routes and more became the rum running routes as well......................except in reverse. It was the Canadians who helped deliver "the goods" to people downstate and crossed the border at night to get liquor to the Yanks..............Think Lake Champlain was a pretty popular place back then.

[ckhthankgod]

I would think the Plattsburgh and Watertown areas would have quite a few places that were involved in the UGRR due to being so close to Canada.

[BuffaloTransplant]

Many in Erie and Niagara counties.

[weezie70]

On the history channel they named the bridge that runaway slaves used to escape. It was from Buffalo, New York into Canada. Can you tell me the name of that bridge and in what year was it built?

[jfkIII]

NYC has a subway...technically an underground railroad.

[Mercator Projection]

There are many UGRR stories surrounding John Brown's home and the black colony near Lake Placid. Some historians contend that it was just freed slaves and there is no actual evidence of harboring runaways. Maybe so, but come on... this was John Brown, one of the most active abolitionists in the country. And he was aided by Gerrit Smith, one of the most active abolitionists in the state. I find it hard to believe that John Brown's farm, with its proximity to Canada and the owner's passionate commitment to the cause, did not see any runaway slaves.