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Syracuse, NY

Syracuse, New York, 1861, artist's impression

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Record Data

Place Unit Type:

City or Town

Containing Unit:

Onondaga County, NY

Events

Life span		Type
06/29/1855	John Brown delivers a speech at the Radical Abolition party convention	Slavery/Abolition
11/08/1856	Massive fire in Syracuse, New York	Crime/Disasters
04/18/1860	New York State Republican Convention selects William H. Seward as its choice for President	Campaigns/Elections
08/01/1860	New York teachers debate the place of black children in the state's public schools	Education/Culture
04/26/1865 to 04/27/1865	President Lincoln's funeral train makes its way across upstate New York to Buffalo	Personal
10/09/1866 to 10/11/1866	The National Unitarian churches of the United States hold their annual meeting in Syracuse, New York.	Religion/Philosophy
06/26/1855 to 06/29/1855	The Radical Abolition Party holds their first convention in New York	Slavery/Abolition
09/08/1852 to 09/10/1852	Third National Women's Rights Convention held in Syracuse	Legal/Political

Major Topics

People

Birth Place of

Baldwin, Augustus Carpenter

Augustus Carpenter Baldwin, detail

Burial Place of

Davis, Thomas Treadwell

Thomas Treadwell Davis, detail

Laflin, Addison Henry

McCarthy, Dennis

Sumner, Edwin Vose

Edwin Vose Sumner, detail

Places

Documents

Subject

Date	Title
11/03/1847	Raleigh (NC) Register, “Hon. David Wilmot in Poughkeepsie,” November 3, 1847
05/01/1851	Boston (MA) Herald, “Satisfied with his Condition,” May 1, 1851
10/02/1851	New York Times, “Arrest of a Fugitive Slave,” October 2, 1851
10/10/1851	Memphis (TN) Appeal, "Treason!," October 10, 1851
08/17/1855	S. H. Gay to William Still, August 17, 1855
09/29/1855	Louisville (KY) Journal, "Untitled," September 29, 1855
10/05/1856	Jermain Wesley Loguen to William Still, October 5, 1856
01/06/1857	John Thompson to William Still, January 6, 1857
07/29/1857	Manual T. White to William Still, July 29, 1857
09/19/1857	Earro Weems to William Still, September 19, 1857
12/17/1857	William Brady to William Still, December 17, 1857
06/09/1858	William Cooper to William Still, June 9, 1858
07/11/1858	Ezra L. Stevens to William Still, July 11, 1858
07/22/1858	New York Times, "The Gerrit Smith Manifesto," July 22, 1858
09/12/1859	New York Times, “Breaking Up Rapidly,” September 12, 1859
11/21/1859	Mrs. M. Brooks to William Still, November 21, 1859
01/05/1860	New York Herald, “The Runaway Slaves,” January 5, 1860
01/07/1860	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Underground Railroad,” January 7, 1860
02/05/1860	New York Herald, “A Competent Witness in the John Brown Investigation,” February 5, 1860
07/19/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “An Important Change,” July 19, 1860

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Syracuse, New York, 1861, artist's impression

Bibliography

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