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Stephen Meyers

Albany Underground Railroad Center Receives $2 Million Grant

August 4, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

myers houseA $2 million state grant will help launch the expansion of the Underground Railroad Education Center (UREC), which is currently housed in the former 19th-century home of Black abolitionists Harriet and Stephen Myers, a onetime stop on the Underground Railroad located in Albany‘s Arbor Hill neighborhood. [Read more…] about Albany Underground Railroad Center Receives $2 Million Grant

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Abolition, Albany, Albany County, Black History, Myers House, Myers Residence, Political History, Slavery, Stephen Meyers, Underground Railroad, Underground Railroad Education Center

The Florence Farming Association

August 1, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

a new york minute in history podcastOn this episode of the New York Minute in History podcast, Devin Lander and Lauren Roberts tell the story of the Florence Farming and Lumber Association, a settlement of free African Americans in Florence, Oneida County beginning in 1846. [Read more…] about The Florence Farming Association

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Agricultural History, Black History, Florence, Gerrit Smith, Gerrit Smith Estate, Oneida County, Podcasts, Stephen Meyers, Voting Rights

Stephen Myers of Albany: Abolitionist Writer, Advocate & Underground Railroad Activist

August 30, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Stephen Myers portraitStephen Myers was a Black activist in connection with the Underground Railroad and African American rights in general. He was born and enslaved in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York State and raised when it was a slave state working on progressive abolition. He was the principal agent and a key writer for the Northern Star and Freeman’s Advocate, he was also the editor of The Elevator and The Telegraph and Temperance Journal.

As early as 1831 he was assisting fugitives from enslavement making their way to Canada. He was also active in 1827 with a group of little-known significance called the Clarkson Anti-slavery Society. As time went on he was involved in organizing and serving as a delegate to many of the Colored Men’s Conventions of the 1830s to the 1860s, to secure African American rights. He was involved in voting rights campaigns through the NYS Suffrage Association, was involved in organizing a school, and sued Albany Schools over segregation. [Read more…] about Stephen Myers of Albany: Abolitionist Writer, Advocate & Underground Railroad Activist

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Albany, Albany County, Black History, Hoosick, Journalism, Labor History, National Abolition Hall of Fame, Oneida County, Onondaga County, Political History, Publishing, Rensselaer County, Slavery, Stephen Meyers, Syracuse, Troy, Underground Railroad, Underground Railroad Education Center, US Colored Troops, Voting Rights

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