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The North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association is raising funds to save a slice of history.
Our goal is to purchase the former property of Quaker Abolitionist and Underground Railroad Conductor Stephen Keese Smith. See flyer for more information.

Nominate a person, business, organization, or politician for the North Country Juneteenth Colors of Freedom Community Award. Submit the nomination form by May 31, 2023.

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• Follow the North Star

  The North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association (NCUGRHA) researches, preserves and interprets the history of the Underground Railroad, slavery and abolition along the Upper Hudson River-Champlain and Canal-Lake Champlain corridor of northeast New York. Visit the North Star Underground Railroad Museum where exhibits and videos reveal hidden success stories and our bus tours revisit underground escape routes. Our museum is a reflection of the importance of human freedom and its relevance for the present and future generations.

  

• Follow the North Star

  The North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association (NCUGRHA) researches, preserves and interprets the history of the Underground Railroad, slavery and abolition along the Upper Hudson River-Champlain and Canal-Lake Champlain corridor of northeast New York. Visit the North Star Underground Railroad Museum where exhibits and videos reveal hidden success stories and our bus tours revisit underground escape routes. Our museum is a reflection of the importance of human freedom and its relevance for the present and future generations.

  
• Harriet Tubman Booker T. Washington William Still Rosa Parks Roy Wilkins Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Frederick Douglass Sojourner Truth Thurgood Marshall William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois George Washington Carver President Barack Obama James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens Marian Anderson Althea Gibson

  Prominent African Americans

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  Mother! When around your child you clasp your arms in love,
  And when grateful joy you raise your eyes to God above
  Think of the negro-mother, when her child is torn away
  Sold for a little slave oh then, for that poor mother pray!

  A replica of the 1836 Cradle Quilt, on which the above poem was handwritten in the center, is now on display at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum.

  Your gift in support of the North Star UGRR Museum will be greatly appreciated.

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  Solomon Northup

  c1808 – c1863

  A free African-American born in Minerva, New York, to a freed slave and a free woman of color. In 1841, Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He spent 12 years as a slave before being rescued with the aid of Canadian carpenter, Samuel Bass; Henry B. Northup, lawyer and son of the former master who had freed Solomon's father; and New York State Governor Washington Hunt. Northup wrote his memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, shortly after regaining his freedom. Solomon's story inspired the 2013 Oscar-winning film, 12 Years a Slave.

  Read more at Wikipedia »

• William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

  1868–1963

  Co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and leader of the Niagara Movement.

  Read more at Wikipedia »

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