Harriet Powell Commemorative Site - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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Site #7 on Madison County Freedom Trail
About: In early October of 1839, Harriet Powell, a slave of a Mr. Davenport of Mississippi, was staying with her owners in a Syracuse hotel.
It was here that the idea of freedom was broached to Harriet by several African-American servants at the hotel, including Tom Leonard. Leonard contacted William M. Clarke, Onondaga Deputy County Clerk, telling him of Harriet's desire to be free. Through the efforts of Clarke and others, she was hidden first in Marcellus and then in DeWitt. Original structure no longer exists.
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