Ferry to Freedom: The Abolitionists of Washington Heights
JANES WALK – LED BY MATTHEW SPADY AND JOE AMODIO, UPPER RIVERSIDE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
The Underground Railroad (UGRR) comes to life in this virtual walk, revealing the people, places, and history of a little-known colony of abolitionists who helped develop Washington Heights. We’ll “walk” from the Hudson (site of a sugar refinery and ferry run by a documented agent of the UGRR) to uptown’s only abolitionist church to the home at 857 Riverside, the last remnant of this colony still standing—and threatened today with demolition.
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- Expired!
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