The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has put together a useful guide to sites in the city associated with the Abolitionist Movement. Maps and photos of the sites are included, as well as a brief history of slavery in the city and a timeline of the freedom struggle. From the guide:
New York City played an important role in the effort to abolish slavery nationwide, and to assist those seeking to escape it. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission created this interactive story map to bring greater awareness to the city’s abolitionist history through designated landmarks that embody it. Organized by borough, the map documents designated buildings associated with the multiple ways people and institutions engaged with the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War, whether through political and religious activism or by housing freedom seekers as part of Underground Railroad networks. The map also highlights landmarks associated with New York’s free black communities established in the 19th century in the period before nationwide emancipation.
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