The New York State Equal Rights Heritage Center and Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, both of Auburn, NY, are pleased to present, "We took to ourselves liberty": The Underground Railroad, Abolitionism, and African American Life, Oneida County and Beyond. This film is a presentation of the Fort Stanwix UGRR Survey Project by the project team that worked with Fort Stanwix National Monument (www.nps.gov/fost) to complete it.

There were innumerable routes North on the Underground Railroad, many traversing New York State to reach Canada. The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act (“Let it be placed among the abominations!”: The Bill of Rights and the Fugitive Slave Laws (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) pushed some freedom seekers North to Canada as the only safe option was to leave the United States. Harriet Tubman herself brought freedom seekers, including some family members, to St. Catharines, Canada across the Niagara River from the town of Niagara Falls, NY.