Uncovering The Freedom Trail In
Auburn and Cayuga County, New York

A Cultural Resources Survey of Sites Relating to the Underground Railroad,
Abolitionism, and African American Life in Auburn and Cayuga County, New York
Sponsored by City of Auburn Historic Resources Review Board * and Cayuga County Historian's Office
Funded by Preserve New York * - A Program of the Preservation League of New York State *
and the New York State Council on the Arts * Judith Wellman, Project Coordinator - Historical New York Research Associates - 2004-2005

Dedicated to all those
who sought freedom,
who assisted freedom seekers, or
who now tell their stories
or preserve their buildings.

"THE Lake District in Central New York deserves to be better known by American tourists
and scholars, and especially by the citizens of the Empire State."
Rev. R.B. Welch, "The Lake District in Central New York,"
Ladies Repository (October 1864), 601[1].
[1] Thanks to Bill Hecht for finding this

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