James Canning Fuller Home, Skaneateles, NY
Posted by: YoSam.
N 42° 56.678 W 076° 26.351
18T E 382588 N 4755671
Fuller, a Quaker, had been an abolitionist in England.
Waymark Code: WM4MFH
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2008
Views: 24
County of Home: Onondaga County.
Date Marker Erected: 1999.
Marker Text:
Site of an
UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD STATION
James Cannings Fuller Home
Noted Abolitionist 1834-1861
He gave to the cause of
freedom for slaves.Many early residents such as James Canning Fuller came from Great Britain, largely because of the Quaker community here, giving the early village a cosmopolitan tone. Fuller and his wife, Lydia, maintained an active Underground Railroad station at their village home (built 1815, extant at 98 Genesee Street). Fuller was co-founder of the British-American Institute, a Canadian school for fugitive slaves, together with the adjoining settlement of Dawn, near Dresden, Ontario.
If you wish some more reading on the subject: Central New York Freedom Trail