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New York was a national center for abolitionism, at the forefront of the Underground Railroad movement, and where black leaders like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman made their home and worked with allies like Gerrit Smith and William Seward to end slavery in America. That legacy of equality continued with the birth of the modern gay rights movement in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. Sites across New York State bring this civil rights history to life for all who celebrate liberty and justice.
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Gates House Museum
Collections include displays showcasing aspects of Warsaw life from the 1830’s to the present. Rare artifacts also complement displays of Warsaw’s business, manufacturing and agricultural history.... more
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Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark
The site is of national significance for the Underground Railroad, antislavery, suffrage and reform activities of Gerrit Smith, including his support of John Brown. It tells the stories of the 19th... more
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Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
The Harriet Tubman Home, Inc., is located on 26 acres and includes four buildings. Tubman, known as the Moses of Her People, was a courageous fighter who delivered hundreds of slaves to freedom on... more
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Jay Heritage Center
This is the boyhood home of New York's only native Founding Father, John Jay (1745-1829), who later served as America's first chief justice of the Supreme Court and authored the Jay Treaty. Jay was... more
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Jell-O Gallery and Historic LeRoy House
America`s most famous dessert, Jell-O, was developed in the late 1890s by a carpenter in LeRoy. The Jell-O Museum, just behind the historic mansion, explores the history of this innovative brand and... more
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John Brown Farm State Historic Site
At the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid, see the home and gravesite of the ardent abolitionist best known for his 1850 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia and the famous folk song that... more
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King Manor Museum
The King Manor Museum in Jamaica, Queens preserves the home of Rufus King, an outspoken opponent of slavery who was a member of the Continental Congress, a framer and signer of the Constitution and... more
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Lake View Cemetery
For more than 150 years, Jamestown’s Lake View Cemetery has been a constant reminder of what Jamestown once was, still is and will be in the future. Lake View is a place where you can trace... more
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Matilda Joslyn Gage House
The Matilda Joslyn Gage Home allows visitors to explore the house where this co-leader of the early women`s rights movement lived and worked for 44 years, and its varied history as a center of... more
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Michigan Street Baptist Church
Buffalo`s esteemed place in the struggle for African-American equality, including being the birthplace of what would become the NAACP, is captured in sites like the Michigan Baptist Church, an... more
