Brooklyn Abolitionist Trail

Brooklyn Abolitionist Trail

Unio v n Av A t v e A n o i s n S U 3 o r t t S S n s e o t w S e M t H S n w o 4 t e l S a N Av W on t s S t ri S ar r v t e H t A t 5 S m S i S n i S r t n k o o r o s L n t a r a e l l e H d u t V d i P t S S v M h p A c a y t e c r n K Nostrand Av S a y t M t L s S S e o d w r k e a t z H Warsoff Pl w Sandford St s S y t u r i e t S y e c H a S p e s o w t g n o o d t S d n K a v H Walworth St S e e p l o t A P r a y u e v B e s A R n K e y d t c r o a a Spencer St Spencer Ct R M G v A Av k E e r t e Bedford Av S L a W t g r P S u b g t r s u m b S a v s i l l i m y A a Skillman St i W l c l i n n W i t o t t u S g S t Q e n y q i v u Franklin Av v B e x A o n A e t b d n b Franklin Av L a y S o l o S l i b t t R u a s E h i S t a v e g W i S q t s 9 u B v s t S D n o l r a o S S Kent Av A l i s o v l l s N i b l y s A 70 Willow Street W e Located in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, this house belonged toa o W a Adrian Van Sinderen, a businessman and a leader in an early anti-slavery l g organization, the BrooklynAmerican ColonizationT Society. TheAfrican- t American abolitionist James Pennington worked for a time at this house R K as Van Sinderen’s coach driver before later becoming a minister. t n i i t v t L Taaffe P A l e h 86 Pierrepont Street S Located in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, this was the home S t of Lewis Tappan, a prominent leader of the abolitionist movement in Brooklyn and a co-founder of theAmerican Anti-Slavery Society. n s D r s e u e e K l p w e F W t Brooklyn Historical Society q t 128 Pierrepont Street o t B e S S Located in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District and an interior o g landmark, this building has a collection that includes significant original b r S Clas H son A archival materials about abolition in Brooklyn, including slave papers. v u BHS is also a National Parks Service Network to Freedom site. N p b H r s t a m o E a t i l Church of the Pilgrims l e 109 Remsen Street l i e y Located in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, this church was founded in S W K t 1844 by Henry C. Bowen, a son-in-law of abolitionist Lewis Tappan and himself an important anti-slavery activist in Brooklyn; the congregation’s firstq minister, a Richard Salter Storrs, was an outspoken speaker on abolitionist themes. y B S T e v n Friends Meeting House l n 110 Schermerhorn Street o An individual landmark, this building is associated with the abolitionist A d t P movement through its affiliation with the Quakers,E whom played a emajor rson Pl role in anti-slavery activism in the pre-Civil War era; the building may r t e o have served as part of the Underground Railroad. e o th S R y n l b First Free Congregational Church M 311 Bridge Street v P t W e An individual landmark, this church building was the home of the 0 S African Wesleyan Methodist Church, the oldest black congregation a A S in Brooklyn; the congregation was active in abolitionist activities and e 1 n l assisted fugitive slaves as part of the Underground Railroad in Brooklyn. a n r li r v e P u E t S e A Steuben St J LafayetteAvenue Presbyterian Church G e 102-108 Lafayette Avenue t e Located in the Fort Greene Historic District, this building served as n m h t a station on the Underground Railroad forAfrican Americans fleeing e y q slavery in the South. y o y l t v W B f a C i A f l 3 t a Grand Av e C S l Grand Av Grand Av L t Grand Av 1 r y 1 4 d M R g S n i d v l e W Cambridge Pl A Rye 5 rson St Ryerson St e t t e S S G t 6 v h e A 4 t v k 1 St James Pl u Hall St r A d a o a 7 S t o M d r R l y l S i b m a e s s R A g 8 n Washington Av i d l u 9 a v A P y a K Waverly Av Waverly Av t v Learn more at nyc.gov/landmarks S A d t ea e h k er r Clinton Av m a am v M H A t e S e G h t Vanderbilt Av u o e v A q 8 S B t Clermont Av S 5 v A 7 Adelphi St t S 8 t S Carlton Av 5 Cumberland St Washington Pk Cumberland St Cumberla t nd Wk S 4 t N Oxford W S N Oxford St k y S Oxford St a 9 2 w y t a s 8 a w v t v v E s A e A A W ck v gh o A u e D is o v l rr n A t o Do n N Portland Av r S Portland Av M c to y M ng l i M y r P a r w a t s W e N n r W Elliott Pl u S Elliott Pl Fulton Ferry b Fulton Ferry Landing u Foot of Old Fulton Street t Located in the Fulton Ferry Historic District, this was where “Beecher t Historic District t boats” landed, packed Sunday morning ferries that brought audiences to t S A S hear famed abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher preach at Plymouth Church. S t e S s l 3 e t t t t i W DUMBO Plymouth Church L u 65t Orange Street S S St Edward's St Located in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, this was the church of St Edward's St Henry Ward Beecher and was considered the “Grand Central Terminal” a Ft Greene Pl 2 S of the Underground Railroad in Brooklyn. The church is also a National v A 4 Parks Service Network to Freedom site. 1 s Historic District t l l s S a a v v A A k 1 n s h o s N d u s H n W r t St Felix St S a y v t a a v N n M E e Ashland Pl m b S k u t E W y e v q 0.4 miles a B n t N o S M t s S t b d l k t R o ockw d W ell P G l S t N e e n l S F n a n y k h S b B E o qe Et Nb W h t v J S H e u dson A e A t v g c n h i v r n q s 1 P u u S A tb o B a o Fl 3 d s l l r i d t t o 2 u S W c t S Ex H r v n i A b S t r sh t t u o b a t e S la S n S F t S C F t 0.4 miles l t t b n o S a t h e e P S t g S d N t s i e r r E d l l n B s e i f f W n e u n u F n D i o e E x v v o r h v E o A e q e sh n F o u a q b N m t B t a t l S J F H d B l y o l G t S S e g d i P r t B y r S a l n l t r S i d l e i f o l f u T 8 D h P l r t l 8 P t e l t t S t S e S a g m m d l i t r P r S l B r t S l r E a S n e e P e d S h o u h t t d p e t c c t a r s a h c S e t g S s o t S e t h T S n s s a t i Pl c k p S a C v e t d n n Brooklyn Heights S i g C S r a r s e c t o L o n n o S h e N r t c o h y v a o y w l J n a A a L Y r g C r u A Historic District i t S a F P c S l i H l t t d S i s n t m n a l d T o A S a P r l B n B t t y a n tt i t nha o A a a H l l r M l t B S a n n o ta t P t g G n a i 9 h h n s a a 1 r M W s B miles 0.4 n s 0 a t t S t a s 2 t h o m S a n .

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