BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260614T170000Z DTEND:20260614T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad DESCRIPTION:Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad\n\n\n\nThe Ogdensburg History Museum will host a public presentation by Town of DeKalb Historian Bryan Thompson on the deep\, radical history of the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad in St. Lawrence County.\n\nThe event will take place on Sunday\, June 14\, at 1:00 PM at the museum\, located at 206 Ford Street. The lecture is free and open to the public.\n\nThompson\, an expert on regional history\, will present his original research through a comprehensive timeline spanning nearly a century. The lecture will detail how early settlers brought enslaved people to clear local lands in 1802\, the rise of religious radicalism like "Comeouterism\," and the county's ultimate transformation into a vital corridor for freedom seekers escaping to Canada after the British Empire abolished slavery in 1834.\n\n"Our local history is deeply intertwined with the national struggle for human rights\," said [Insert Name/Title of Museum Spokesperson]. "Bryan Thompson's research highlights the brave local ministers\, voters\, and political figures who pushed back against oppressive laws\, risking their livelihoods to create a safe haven in the North Country."\n\nKey historical milestones highlighted in the presentation include:\n\n\n \n The Power of the Pulpit: The influence of revivalists like the Rev. Charles Finney\, who introduced "Comeouterism" the belief that good Christians must completely separate from anyone supporting slavery and Black ministers like the Rev. Charles Bowles\, who organized strongly abolitionist churches in Hopkinton.\n \n \n Political Rebellion: The rise of the anti-slavery Liberty and Free Soil parties in local towns like Bucks Bridge and Canton\, culminating in North Country Congressman Preston King's historic break from the Democratic Party to join the newly formed Republican Party.\n \n \n A Media War: The history of regional abolitionist newspapers\, including The Laborer in Gouverneur and the founding of the St. Lawrence Plaindealer as an anti-slavery campaign tool.\n \n \n The Freedom Trail: The first documented account of a freedom seeker escaping through St. Lawrence County\, published in The Colored American in 1837.\n \n\n\nAttendees will gain a deeper understanding of how St. Lawrence County evolved into a region where 75% of voters backed the anti-slavery presidential candidate by 1856. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture.\n\nFor more information about the event\, visit the museum website or contact the museum directly.\n\nAbout the Ogdensburg History Museum\n\nThe Ogdensburg History Museum is dedicated to preserving\, interpreting\, and sharing the diverse history of Ogdensburg and the surrounding St. Lawrence County community through educational programming\, exhibits\, and public events.\n\nAbout Bryan Thompson\n\nBryan Thompson serves as the official Town Historian for DeKalb\, New York. He is a prominent local researcher specializing in the nineteenth-century social movements\, religious revivals\, and anti-slavery networks of the New York North Country. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abolitionists &\; the Underground Railroad
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\nThe Ogdensburg History Museum will host a public presentation by Town of DeKalb Historian Bryan Thompson on the deep\, radical history of the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad in St. Lawrence County.

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The event will take place on Sunday\, June 14\, at 1:00 PM at the museum\, located at 206 Ford Street. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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Thompson\, an expert on regional history\, will present his original research through a comprehensive timeline spanning nearly a century. The lecture will detail how early settlers brought enslaved people to clear local lands in 1802\, the rise of religious radicalism like "\;Comeouterism\,"\; and the county'\;s ultimate transformation into a vital corridor for freedom seekers escaping to Canada after the British Empire abolished slavery in 1834.

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"\;Our local history is deeply intertwined with the national struggle for human rights\,"\; said [Insert Name/Title of Museum Spokesperson]. "\;Bryan Thompson&rsquo\;s research highlights the brave local ministers\, voters\, and political figures who pushed back against oppressive laws\, risking their livelihoods to create a safe haven in the North Country."\;

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Key historical milestones highlighted in the presentation include:

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Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how St. Lawrence County evolved into a region where 75% of voters backed the anti-slavery presidential candidate by 1856. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture.

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For more information about the event\, visit the museum website or contact the museum directly.

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About the Ogdensburg History Museum

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The Ogdensburg History Museum is dedicated to preserving\, interpreting\, and sharing the diverse history of Ogdensburg and the surrounding St. Lawrence County community through educational programming\, exhibits\, and public events.

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About Bryan Thompson

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Bryan Thompson serves as the official Town Historian for DeKalb\, New York. He is a prominent local researcher specializing in the nineteenth-century social movements\, religious revivals\, and anti-slavery networks of the New York North Country.

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\n LOCATION:Ogdensburg History Museum\, 206 Ford St.\, Ogdensburg\, NY UID:e.2288.20802 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260517T084641Z URL:http://business.visitstlc.com/events/details/abolitionists-the-underground-railroad-20802 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR