Thompson AME Zion Church - Auburn NY
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nomadwillie
N 42° 55.400 W 076° 34.534
18T E 371417 N 4753504
During the period of slavery in America, the church provided a network of activists and places of safety for persons escaping to freedom.
Waymark Code: WMBTZ3
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2011
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The Church today is in need of repair. The windows are boarded up and birds are free to fly into the church. It is in what appears to be a quiet neighborhood. It's rundown state does not appear to be a result of vandalism, which is good.
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church recently celebrated its bicentennial. Since its inception, The Freedom Church has played a critical role as a center of religious, cultural, and political life of the African American Community. During the period of slavery in America, the church provided a network of activists and places of safety for persons escaping to freedom. Many of the key activists of the Underground Railroad in the US and Canada were affiliated with the Church, including Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and the Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen, who ultimately became a bishop.
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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves[1] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage.
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Harriet Tubman was a prominent member of this particular church.