Identifier: historyofstateof10smit (find matches)
Title: History of the state of New York, political and governmental;
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Smith, Ray Burdick, 1867- ed Johnson, Willis Fletcher, 1857-1931 Brown, Roscoe Conkling Ensign, 1867- Spooner, Walter Whipple, 1861- Holly, Willis, 1854-1931
Subjects: Political parties -- United States New York (State) -- Politics and government
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., The Syracuse Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Gerrit Smith CJerrit Smith, abolitimiist; born in Itica, March 6, 1797;graduated from Hamilton college, 1818; studied law and \vasadmitted to the bar in 1853; elected as an ultra-abolitinnist tothe 33d congress and served from March 4, 1853, until hisresignation in 1854; opened a tract of 1,000 acres near Peter-boro, N. v., to be given to those who would shield and protectfugitive slaves; used his home as principal station of thefamous underground railroad through which iugitive slaves\vere transported into Canada; died in New \()rk Cit\-, Decem-ber 2^, 1874.
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John Brown John Brown, abolitionist; born, Torrington, Conn., May 9,1800; farmer but studied surveying and engineering; took anactive part in the contest for Kansas between the friends offreedom and of slavery in 1855-1856; obtained a farm fromCierritt Smith to be used as a refuge for fugitive slaves, 1S48-1849; attempted the establishment of a defensible establishmentfor fugitive slaves on the soil of Xirginia, 1859; attackedHarpers Ferry, Va., and took a number of peisons prisoner;could have escaped when the soldiers came down on theinvaders but made no effort to do so; was tried and condemnedto death and executed at Charlestown, \a., December 2, 1859.His body is buried at North lilba, Essex county, N. Y., wherethe monument raised to his memory may be seen when drivingbetween Westport and Lake Placid. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 289 wrench in his hand. Wheres that nigger? roared thecrowd. Nigger? I dont know anything about anynigger! replied the engineer, and if you havent anybusiness

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