CAYUGA COUNTY NY PLACES  ON  THE  FREEDOM  PATH
Visit the Tour Cayuga Website to follow in the footsteps of Harriet Tubman as you explore the places she frequented, hear stories of the people she knew, and the progress she made in the fight for abolition and women’s suffrage.

The 'Following The Freedom Trail In Auburn & Cayuga County NY' Website resides on the Internet at:http://www.auburncayugafreedomtrail.com/

View the 2024 2nd-Edition of 'Uncovering The Freedom Trail In Auburn and Cayuga County, New York' Report Website

Former 'Herman Phillips House' in Scipio NY (Project Report)
Sennett Federated Church - Underground Railroad Info Website
The Seward House Website resides on the Internet at: http://www.sewardhouse.org/
The Howland Stone Store Museum Website resides on the Internet at: https://www.howlandstonestore.org/
The Harriet Tubman Home Website resides on the Internet at: https://www.harriettubmanhome.com/
The Cayuga County Historian's Office Website resides on the Internet at: https://www.cayugacounty.us/234/County-Historians-Office

 

Report On The Abijah Fitch Property (PDF File)

Report On The Life And Activities Of Reverend William Hosmer (PDF File)

In the "emancipation business": William and Frances Seward's Abolition Activism Website
By: Peter Wisbey, Seward House  * Executive Director - February 2004

EMILY HOWLAND RECALLS THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT
  Letter From Samuel. C. Cuyler To Emily Howland - October 31, 1851
Letter from Emily Howland To Miss Putnam

Biography of Slocum Howland as found on page 422 of the book: "1894 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - THIS VOLUME CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LEADING CITIZENS OF CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK " -


"Harriet Tubman" By Pauline Copes Johnson,  *
(A brief biography printed in the City of Auburn Souvenir Celebration Booklet Commemorating 200 Years of History 1793-1993)

 

Emily Howland's 1880 report to the Cayuga Co. Historical Society titled:
"Early History Of Friends In Cayuga County NY"

Letter from Emily Howland To Miss Putnam

EMILY HOWLAND RECALLS THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

Record Of Slaves In Scipio NY Ledger 1801-1837

African-Americans In Cayuga Co. NY Census Records 1820-1870

EMILY HOWLAND RECALLS THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

  Letter From Samuel C. Cuyler To Emily Howland - October 31, 1851

Letter from Emily Howland To Miss Putnam

Adobe PDF files containing images from the 1848 book 'The Trial Of William Freeman' by Benjamin F. Hall

Links to images from the 'Town of Aurelius Minutes Book' containing information on manumated slaves -See pages 439-445

Portion of an 1837 Map of Auburn NY- "Southeast corner of the Auburn NY map portrays seven houses in a small area noted as "Negro Settlement, New Guinea,"