Syracuse Freedom Trail

Syracuse Freedom Trail

First of eleven information signs for marking the Underground Railroad, Abolitionist and African-American Historic and Cultural Sites will be installed at Clinton Square and Hanover Square.

The Freedom Trail celebrates momentous events in Syracuse that took place mostly between 1830 and 1860. The signs also remember abolitionists – white and black – who helped make Syracuse a center of the anti-slavery movement in America.

Individuals commemorated included Jermain and Caroline Loguen, Prince Jackson, Samuel May, George Vashon, Thomas Leonard, Stephen Smith, Hamilton White, George and Rebecca Barnes, Willam “Jerry” Henry, James and Mary Baker, and many others.