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Black history runs deep in Cortland County
This image shows Samuel Ringgold Ward, who was a pastor in Cortland from 1846 to 1851.
The story of Black history in the greater Cortland area is a conflict of progressive ideals against human realities.
A Black pastor led an all-white church, but faced racism.
An interracial and coeducational school had a professor and former student run out of town because of their interracial relationship.
The 20th Century would see greater respect for Black people in Cortland, as the likes of Black Olympians, singers and political activists would all make appearances in the city.
Here are some of the stories of how Black people brought their influence to Cortland County.
Upstate’s forgotten abolitionists: Rev. Beriah Green was abolition’s ’master-thinker and teacher’
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
Abolitionist Beriah Green was President at the Oneida Institute. National Abolition Hall of Fame and MuseumNational Abolition Hall of Fame
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Upstate New York was a hotbed in the 19th century for the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. Names like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and Gerrit Smith are familiar. But there were also valiant figures from the region, white and Black, who fought for the end of slavery whose names have faded into history.
During this Black History Month, after searching through old newspapers and websites, we take a look back at some of Upstate New York’s forgotten abolitionists.