EVENTS
September 29, 2024 ~ 3:00
Oneida County Freedom Trail Walk
IN 1835 A UTICA MOB CAUSED THE ABOLITION WALK
MEET BETWEEN 120 BLEEKER STREET AND THE CENTRO BUS HUB
Free Event More Info: 315.735.0846
Jan DeAmicis and Mary Hayes Gordon, co-chairs of the Oneida County Freedom Trail, will describe the 1835 anti-abolition riot at the beginning of a free Underground Railroad Walking Tour of Utica on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 3 pm. The tour will begin on the sidewalk between 120 Bleecker Street and the Centro Bus hub in Utica. The tour guides assure a gentle one mile and one hour (approximately) walk appropriate for all ages.
October 5, 2024 ~ 10AM
3rd Annual ABOLITION WALK!
Walk with us and trace a portion of the footsteps of 104 brave souls who escaped an angry mob of anti-abolitionists in Utica in 1835, embarked on an Erie Canal barge to Canastota, and climbed the trail to Peterboro where they formed the New York State Antislavery Society.
The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum Induction Committee has announced the names of four 19th C. abolitionists to be inducted into the Hall of Fame Saturday, October 19, 2024 in Peterboro NY:
Catharine White Coffin
Levi Coffin
Leonard Andrew Grimes
James McCune Smith