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The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Town of Chester

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The The city of Chester in upstate Warren County, New York, used to be a secret haven for runaway slaves escaping to Canada along the Underground Railroad. The small Adirondack The city holds as many as nine confirmed or suspected sites where fugitives once found shelter. Stories abound of residents discovering secret rooms containing beds and different artifacts inside of their homes. The primary abolitionist pastor of the Darrowsville Wesleyan Church, Reverend Thomas Baker, reportedly hid fugitive slaves within the parsonage. Color images and interviews with current residents light up the region’s hidden history with the Underground Railroad movement. With the beef up of the Historical Society of the The city of Chester, Donna Lagoy and Laura Seldman reveal these courageous stories of local families who risked the whole thing within the pursuit of freedom for all.

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