Syracuse, NY

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Onondaga County, NY
Date Type
John Brown delivers a speech at the Radical Abolition party convention Slavery/Abolition
Massive fire in Syracuse, New York Crime/Disasters
New York State Republican Convention selects William H. Seward as its choice for President Campaigns/Elections
New York teachers debate the place of black children in the state's public schools Education/Culture
- President Lincoln's funeral train makes its way across upstate New York to Buffalo Personal
- The National Unitarian churches of the United States hold their annual meeting in Syracuse, New York. Religion/Philosophy
- The Radical Abolition Party holds their first convention in New York Slavery/Abolition
- Third National Women's Rights Convention held in Syracuse Legal/Political
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Raleigh (NC) Register, “Hon. David Wilmot in Poughkeepsie,” November 3, 1847
Boston (MA) Herald, “Satisfied with his Condition,” May 1, 1851
New York Times, “Arrest of a Fugitive Slave,” October 2, 1851
Memphis (TN) Appeal, "Treason!," October 10, 1851
S. H. Gay to William Still, August 17, 1855
Louisville (KY) Journal, "Untitled," September 29, 1855
Jermain Wesley Loguen to William Still, October 5, 1856
John Thompson to William Still, January 6, 1857
Manual T. White to William Still, July 29, 1857
Earro Weems to William Still, September 19, 1857
William Brady to William Still, December 17, 1857
William Cooper to William Still, June 9, 1858
Ezra L. Stevens to William Still, July 11, 1858
New York Times, "The Gerrit Smith Manifesto," July 22, 1858
New York Times, “Breaking Up Rapidly,” September 12, 1859
Mrs. M. Brooks to William Still, November 21, 1859
New York Herald, “The Runaway Slaves,” January 5, 1860
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Underground Railroad,” January 7, 1860
New York Herald, “A Competent Witness in the John Brown Investigation,” February 5, 1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “An Important Change,” July 19, 1860
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