Farm Newsletter – Feb 2024
Have you ever heard about Farmington and Macedon as hotspots on the Underground Railroad? Few people have. Black history month offers a chance to share some of these amazing stories. You may know something about Austin Steward, Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, and Mary and Emily Edmonson. All of these freedom seekers achieved national fame, […]
Listen to Their Voices: Farmington and the Underground Railroad
What was the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Jacobs: A Pivotal Time in Upstate New York
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, a book by Harriet Jacobs
Frederick Douglass & the FQMM
No celebration of Black History Month would be complete without honoring Frederick Douglass
Austin Steward’s Farmington Friends
Austin Steward: Escaped to freedom
William Wells Brown, Rochester Voices, and Jason Reynolds
Widely regarded as the first African American novelist, Wells was also and abolitionist lecturer, historian, and Underground Railroad supporter.
Mary and Emily Edmonson: Freedom Sought, Freedom Lost, Freedom Gained
The Edmonson sisters’ ordeal was a national news story