Matilda Joslyn Gage Home and Foundation - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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| 210 East Genesee Street | Fayetteville, NY 13066 | | ||
About: The Matilda Joslyn Gage Home in Fayetteville, NY was offered as a station on the Underground Railroad during the nineteenth century. It is on the New York State Underground Railroad Heritage Trail and was accepted for inclusion in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom in 2004.
In 1880, Gage wrote in her newspaper, The National Citizen and Ballot Box: “One of the proudest acts of my life; one that I look back upon with most satisfaction is that when Rev. Mr. Loguen [Syracuse conductor of the Underground Railroad] …went to the village of my residence to ascertain the names of those upon whom run-away slaves might depend for aid and comfort on the way to Canada, I was one of the two solitary persons who gave him their names. Myself and one gentleman of Fayetteville, were the only two persons who dared thus publicly defy ‘the law’ of the land, and for humanity’s sake rendered ourselves liable to fine and imprisonment in the county jail, for the crime of feeding the hungry, giving shelter to the oppressed, and helping the black slaves on to freedom.”
The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation is dedicated to educating current and future generations about Gage’s work and its power to drive contemporary social change. They are in the process of restoring the Gage home.
  Matilda Joslyn Gage Home Restoration Photos and text courtesy of Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation |
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