Era

She said, “The region in general historically has been known as an abolitionist sympathiser area that probably did have a good number of people who have been involved in or were sympathetic to anti-slavery activism, including potential participation in the underground railroad.”

“The only way to really follow up on that would be to research who the owners were in the past and follow up on property records and see if there were people who were known to be vocal abolitionists, based on the actual documentation of that,” Alexandra added.